LibGuides: Scopus User Guide: Document Search

Document search

Documents include journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, articles in press and data papers. Follow the steps below to learn how to perform a basic document search:

Enter your search terms into the Search documents box [1]
- By default, Scopus will search in the Article title, Abstract and Keywords of documents
You can specify in which fields to search using the drop-down menu [2].
Use the +Add search field [3] option to add additional fields
Each new search field is combined using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT [4]
To see a complete list of advanced field codes, select Advanced document search [5]

Video Tutorial: Document Search

Document results page

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Open Access filters

On the document details page, you can filter by Open Access types, including:

Gold open: Documents that are in journals which only publish open access
Hybrid Gold: Documents that are in journals which provide authors the choice of publishing open access
Bronze: Published version of record or manuscript accepted for publication; the publisher has chosen to provide temporary or permanent free access
Green: Published version or manuscript accepted for publication, available at repository

Limit your search

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')

Secondary documents

Scopus also features non-Scopus references, called ‘secondary documents’, which are not indexed in our database.

To view these non-Scopus references, click ‘View secondary documents’ above your search results.

Learn more about secondary documents