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Web of Science and Scopus: Current features and Capabilities.

Issues in Science and Technology LibrarianshipPublished 1 December 2006Open access
Susan Fingerman
Citations64
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.26
SNIP0.32
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TL;DR

A comparison of the features and capabilities of online information resources Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus is presented.

Abstract

The article presents a comparison of the features and capabilities of online information resources Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. WoS is a part of the Web of Knowledge product of Thomson ISI while Scopus was created from records taken from Elsevier databases. Web of Science has over :000 titles with special focus on sciences. Scopus covers more than 1:000 journals including books, conference proceedings and patents. The online databases of Scopus feature faceted indexing.

Keywords

Computer ScienceDecision Sciences