This tutorial shows you the feature/functions available to analyze the content and performance of specific journals.
To access the Journal Analyzer tool, click the Analytics button.
To select a journal title to analyze, enter a search term in the field provided.
You can specify what journal information you want to search.
You can also specify the journal subject area to restrict your search.
Click the Search button to retrieve a list of journal titles.
Select the title of the journal you want to analyze.
Add more titles if you want to compare journals.
You can add up to ten journals.
The Total Citations chart shows the number of times documents from the journal were cited in other documents during a specific year.
Place your cursor on a data point on the Total Citations chart for an explanation of the information displayed.
Let’s look at the Articles Published chart.
The Articles Published chart shows the number of documents published in the journal during a specific year.
Place your cursor on a data point on the Articles Published chart for an explanation of the information displayed.
Let’s look at the Trend Line chart.
The Trend Line chart shows the number of citations a journal has received in a year divided by the number of articles published in the same year.
Place your cursor on a data point on the Trend Line chart for an explanation of the information displayed.
Let's look at the % Not Cited chart.
The % Not Cited chart shows the percentage of the articles in a journal that have not been cited in other articles.
Place your cursor on a data point on the % Not Cited chart for an explanation of the information displayed.
To look at this information in a table format, click the Data View button.
The titles of the journals which appear in the chart are listed in the key below the chart.
Click the Show info link to display the journal publication information.
Click the Hide info link to collapse journal publication information.
Click the X button to remove a journal title from your chart above.
Click the E-mail button to forward the journal analysis results to an associate or to your alternative e-mail address.
For more information about the Journal Analyzer tool, go to the Scopus online Help and select a related topic from the Help Table of Contents.
You have reached the end of the Analyzing Journals tutorial.
You may now do one of the following: