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You can use the Journal Analyzer to compare up to 10 Scopus sources on a variety of parameters: total number of citations, articles published, percentage of articles not cited, and trend line.
Note: To view a Journal Analysis, you must have the latest version of Adobe® Flash® Player installed and JavaScript™ enabled in your browser. See Browser Requirements and Preferences for more information.
The Analyzer is available in both a Chart and a Data view. Each view displays the total number of citations, articles published, percentage of articles not cited, and trend line. The Chart View displays the information as a graph with each parameter on a separate tab. The Data View displays the four parameters together in one table.
The journal analyzer includes data from 1996 to the current year. When citations are calculated for a source, articles published before 1996 are not included, because complete citation information for articles published prior to 1996 is not available in Scopus.
In addition, you can view how current the coverage information is from the Calculations Last Updated date, which displays on each Journal Analyzer page.
Tip: To ensure that you have the most recent data for each source, add sources to the analyzer from the source homepage instead of from the Journal Analyzer page.
For more information about Scopus content coverage, see the Frequently Asked Questions on the Scopus InfoSite.
Do one of the following:
Click the 
button on the
navigation bar.
From the homepage of a source that you want to evaluate, click 
. The Journal Analyzer opens and the source
is added to the Analyzer.
You can add individual sources to the Analyzer from a source homepage or add multiple journals from the Journal Analyzer page.
Click the 
button on the navigation bar.
Search or browse for the source that you want to evaluate.
Click the source title to open it.
At the source home page, click .
The Journal Analyzer will open and the source will be added to the list.
Click the button.
The Journal Analyzer page will open.
In the journal search box, enter your search terms and select a search field from the list. Available selections include:
Journal Title: The title of the source. You can enter the entire title or a portion of the title.
Example: If you want to search for the source titled Orbis, you would enter Orbis. If you only knew a portion of the text, you could simply enter Orb. When you complete the source search, all titles containing either a partial entry or the full entry will display.
ISSN: The International Standard Serial Number of the source. You must enter the full ISSN. You can enter it with or without a hyphen (–).
Example: 00014842 or 0001-4842
Publisher: The publisher of the source. You can enter the entire publisher name or a portion of the name.
From Limit by Subject Area, select a subject area for your search. If you do not make a selection, all subject areas will be included in your search.
Click Search to run your search and retrieve a list of available sources.
Do one of the following to add sources to the analyzer. You can add a total of 10 sources to the analyzer at one time.
Double-click a source.
Select a source and drag it onto the Chart or Data view.
Select a source and press Enter.
A list of sources that have been added to the Analyzer is available in the Journals in Chart box below the Chart and Data views.
You can remove sources from the analyzer by clicking the 
next to the journal you want to remove.
Click 
to remove all sources.
Tip: You can view publication information for a source by clicking the Show Info link. The ISSN, Publisher, source type, and coverage years will display below the title. Click the Hide Info link to close the publication information box.
You can e-mail a link to the Analyzer from Chart or Data view.
Click the 
button above the Analyzer chart or data.
The E-mail Journal Analyzer page appears. If you are logged in to Scopus, your e-mail address appears in the E-Mail Address field. A short note that will be included in the e-mail appears in the Body Text field.
Enter or change the e-mail address and/or note.
To enter more than one address, separate the addresses with a comma.
Click the 
button to send the e-mail.
An e-mail confirmation page appears.
Click the 
button to return to the Analyzer.
On the Total Citations tab, you can compare sources by the number of times a source has been cited in a year. The citations are for the current year, but all of the articles published by the source (that are available in Scopus) are considered regardless of their year of publication.
Example: If a total of 50 articles has been published in the source over the last 5 years and 10 of those articles have been cited once in the current year, then the total number of citations for the year would be 10.
The number of citations for a source is listed on the y-axis of the graph and the publication year is listed on the x-axis.
On the Articles Published tab, you can compare sources by the number of articles published in a year. The number of articles published in a source is listed on the y-axis of the graph and the publication year is listed on the x-axis.
On the % Not Cited tab, you can compare sources by the percentage of articles published in a year that have never been cited to date. The percentage of articles not cited in a source is listed on the y-axis of the graph and the publication year is listed on the x-axis.
On the Trend Line tab, you can compare sources by the average number of times a publication is cited in a year. The citation trend of a publication is calculated by dividing the number of citations received in a year by the total number of articles published in that year.
Example: If a source has a total of 50 articles published in 2006 and the source receives 50 citations during that year, the journal citation trend for a source would be 1.
The trend line for a source is listed on the y-axis of the graph and the publication year is listed on the x-axis.
The chart view displays the total number of citations, articles published, percentage not cited, and trend line as a graph. Each parameter is listed on a separate tab.
To display publication information in chart view, click the Chart icon: 
.
Each source displays in a different color. A list of sources that have been added to the Evaluator is available in the Journals in Chart box below the Chart View.
Tip: You can view publication information for a source by clicking the Show Info link. The ISSN, Publisher, source type, and coverage years will display below the title. Click the Hide Info link to close the publication information box.
If no publication information is available for a journal year, no articles have been published for that year, or if the percentage not cited is zero, there will be no data point on the chart. Show Me
You can view the source title and the value of a data point by placing your mouse pointer over a data point. Show Me
You can also narrow your evaluator to a specific year range using the Zoom feature. Move the Zoom pointers to the left and right until the years that you want displayed are between the pointers. The chart will automatically resize. Show Me
The Data View displays the total number of citations, articles published, percentage of articles not cited and trend line together in a table.
To display publication information in data view, click the Data icon: 
.
Click a column head to sort the table by that field. Available fields include:
Journal: Click Journal to sort the table alphabetically by source title.
Total Citations: Click Total Citations to sort the table by the number of citations a source has received in a year.
Articles Published: Click Articles Published to sort the table by the number of articles published in a year.
Trend Line: Click Trend Line to sort the table by the average number of articles cited in a year.
% Not Cited: Click % Not Cited to sort the table by the percentage of articles published in a year that have never been cited to date.
Year : Click Year to sort the table by publication year.
A list of sources that have been added to the Analyzer is available in the Journals in Chart box below the Chart View.
Tip: You can view publication information for a source by clicking the Show Info link. The ISSN, Publisher, source type, and coverage years will display below the title. Click the Hide Info link to close the publication information box.
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