Scopus: introduction & overview

Saving your search and setting up alerts [1] 

Quickly review or edit your search from the top of the page. Registered users can sign in to:

• Save searches
• Set up alerts to be notified when new documents are added to Scopus that match this search

Refine your results [2]

From the left-hand menu, you can:

• Search within your results
• Select only open access documents
• Use filters to limit or exclude results from your search, including, but not limited to:
  • Access Type
  • Publication Year
  • Keyword
  • Affiliation
  • Author Name
  • Subject Area 

Export selected search results [3] to: 

• Mendeley 

• RefWorks 

• SciVal 

• RIS format (for import into EndNote) 

• CSV 

• BibTeX 

• Plain Text 

Analyze Search Results button [4]

Use this feature to gain further insights into any list of document results.

Filter options:

• Publication date range [6], then specify Published from / To [7]

  • Choose from 'All years' or a range of years by using the drop down arrows (the default is 'All years')

• Date added to Scopus [8]:

  • Specify 'Anytime' or within the last 7, 14 or 30 days by using the drop down arrow (the default is 'Anytime')