Scopus User Guide: Metrics

Metrics are embedded throughout Scopus at the journal, article and author levels.  All of these metrics are designed to help facilitate the evaluation of authors, journals and articles. These metrics also provide enhanced views of research areas and help build valuable insights.

Compare up to 10 sources and review results on a chart or in table format 

• Search for sources to compare by title, ISSN, publisher, subject area 
• Compare CiteScore for each publication by year 
• Compare SNIP for each publication by year 
• Compare SJR for each publication by year 
• Compare number of documents for each publication by year 
• Compare percent of articles cited for each publication by year 
• Compare percent of review articles published in each publication by year  

Journal-level metrics on Scopus include: 

• CiteScore metrics
• SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 
• Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)

Each journal overview page contains these details:

• Scopus coverage 
• Publisher information 
• Subject areas  
• CiteScore
• CiteScore Tracker (monthly update) 
• SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): Measures contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. The impact of a single citation is given higher value in subject areas where citations are less likely, and vice versa. 
• SJR (SCImago Journal Rank): A prestige metric that can be applied to journals, book series and conference proceedings. With SJR, the subject field, quality and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value of a citation.
• CiteScore Rank and Trend 

CiteScore is a family of eight indicators that offer complementary views to analyze the publication influence of serial titles of interest. CiteScore metrics offer a more transparent, current, comprehensive and accurate indication of a serial’s impact.

CiteScore only includes typically peer-reviewed research: articles, reviews, conference papers, data papers and book chapters.