Finding Related Documents

From a document display page, you can find documents in Scopus or on the Web that share the same references (Scopus only), keywords, authors, or title (Web only) as the current record.

To find related documents on the Web

From a Document Display page, select the appropriate search type from the Find related documents box.

Note The available search options depend on the current document. For example, if there are no keywords in the document, that option will not display in the Find related documents box.
- Click references to find documents in Scopus that share references with the current document.
  
  Note Reference searching only includes documents that are in Scopus.
- Click authors to find documents written by the current authors in Scopus or on the Web.
- Click keywords to find documents that share the same keywords as the current document in Scopus or on the Web.
- Click title to search the Web for documents with a similar title.
  
  Note Title searching only searches for documents on the Web.
If the current document has two or more of the selected search criteria, additional search options will display in a new menu:
- Click Select References, Select Authors, or Select Keywords to select the specific references, authors, or keywords to include in your search.
  1. A selection page will display.
  2. Select the specific authors, references, or keywords that you would like to include in your related documents search.
  3. Click Search.
    
    A list of related documents will display.
- Click All References, All Authors, or All Keywords to search using all the references, authors, or keywords in the current document.
  
  A list of related documents will display.
  
  OR
- If your selected search is a title search or if there is only one author, reference, or keyword in the current document, your search results will display.
  
  Note If there is only one reference, author, or keyword in the current document, the menu arrow () will not display.

Tip

From the related documents search list, you can edit which references, authors, or keywords are included in your search.

A Select References, Select Authors, or Select Keywords link will display on your Scopus Results list page if you searched using all references, authors, or keywords. Click this link to narrow your related documents search by selecting specific references, authors, or keywords for your search.

OR
If you did select specific references, authors, or keywords for your related document search, the Edit Selection link will display. Click this link to return to the appropriate selection page and edit your search.