<s>
Scopus	B-Library
is	O
Elsevier	O
's	O
abstract	O
and	O
citation	O
database	O
launched	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scopus	B-Library
covers	O
nearly	O
36,377	O
titles	O
(	O
22,794	O
active	O
titles	O
and	O
13,583	O
inactive	O
titles	O
)	O
from	O
approximately	O
11,678	O
publishers	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
34,346	O
are	O
peer-reviewed	O
journals	O
in	O
top-level	O
subject	O
fields	O
:	O
life	O
sciences	O
,	O
social	O
sciences	O
,	O
physical	O
sciences	O
and	O
health	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
journals	O
covered	O
in	O
the	O
Scopus	B-Library
database	O
are	O
reviewed	O
for	O
sufficiently	O
high	O
quality	O
each	O
year	O
according	O
to	O
four	O
types	O
of	O
numerical	O
quality	O
measure	O
for	O
each	O
title	O
;	O
those	O
are	O
h-Index	O
,	O
CiteScore	O
,	O
SJR	O
(	O
SCImago	O
Journal	O
Rank	O
)	O
and	O
SNIP	O
(	O
source	O
normalized	O
impact	O
per	O
paper	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Searches	O
in	O
Scopus	B-Library
also	O
incorporate	O
searches	O
of	O
patent	O
database	O
Lexis-Nexis	B-Library
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
a	O
limited	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
coverage	O
of	O
Scopus	B-Library
and	O
the	O
Web	B-Library
of	I-Library
Science	I-Library
(	O
WOS	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
2006	O
study	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
Scopus	B-Library
is	O
easy	O
to	O
navigate	O
,	O
even	O
for	O
the	O
novice	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
multidisciplinary	O
aspect	O
allows	O
the	O
researcher	O
to	O
easily	O
search	O
outside	O
of	O
his	O
discipline	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
One	O
advantage	O
of	O
WOS	O
over	O
Scopus	B-Library
is	O
the	O
depth	O
of	O
coverage	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
full	O
WOS	O
database	O
going	O
back	O
to	O
1945	O
and	O
Scopus	B-Library
going	O
back	O
to	O
1966	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Scopus	B-Library
and	O
WOS	O
complement	O
each	O
other	O
as	O
neither	O
resource	O
is	O
all-inclusive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Scopus	B-Library
also	O
offers	O
author	O
profiles	O
which	O
cover	O
affiliations	O
,	O
number	O
of	O
publications	O
and	O
their	O
bibliographic	O
data	O
,	O
references	O
,	O
and	O
details	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
citations	O
each	O
published	O
document	O
has	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
alerting	B-Application
features	O
that	O
allow	O
registered	O
users	O
to	O
track	O
changes	O
to	O
a	O
profile	O
and	O
a	O
facility	O
to	O
calculate	O
authors	O
 '	O
h-index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
a	O
gratis	O
website	O
,	O
Scopus	B-Library
CiteScore	O
,	O
was	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
citation	O
data	O
for	O
all	O
25,000	O
+	O
active	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
journals	O
,	O
conference	O
proceedings	O
and	O
books	O
in	O
Scopus	B-Library
and	O
provides	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
impact	O
factor	O
,	O
a	O
journal-level	O
indicator	O
which	O
may	O
correlate	O
negatively	O
with	O
reliability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scopus	B-Library
IDs	O
for	O
individual	O
authors	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
non-proprietary	O
digital	O
identifier	O
ORCID	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Scopus	B-Library
started	O
embedding	O
partial	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
open	O
access	O
status	O
of	O
works	O
,	O
using	O
Unpaywall	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Elsevier	O
is	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
Scopus	B-Library
and	O
is	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
international	O
publishers	O
of	O
scientific	O
journals	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
and	O
international	O
Scopus	B-Library
Content	O
Selection	O
and	O
Advisory	O
Board	O
(	O
CSAB	O
)	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
2009	O
to	O
prevent	O
a	O
potential	O
conflict	O
of	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
choice	O
of	O
journals	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
and	O
to	O
maintain	O
an	O
open	O
and	O
transparent	O
content	O
coverage	O
policy	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CSAB	O
team	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
inclusion	O
and	O
exclusion	O
of	O
different	O
titles	O
on	O
Scopus	B-Library
.	O
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