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Scopus Customer Statistic

83% of surveyed research organizations located in the United Kingdom agree that coverage of their field is broader and more accurate on Scopus than Web of Science.

83%

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Elsevier Scopus Case Study

Royal Dutch Shell PLC

Introduction

This case study of Royal Dutch Shell PLC is based on a September 2016 survey of Elsevier Scopus customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“New Energy Efficiency Techniques.”

“Make it faster and focused research site.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Elsevier Scopus:

Uses Scopus to achieve the following outcomes or business objectives:
- Open innovation activities
- Idea generation
- Stage gate decision making
- Basic research

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Elsevier Scopus that the surveyed company uses:

Uses Elsevier Scopus monthly.
Uses the following information sources or tools in their work in addition to Scopus:
- Journal or book articles
- Innovation tools or consultants

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Elsevier Scopus:

Uses Scopus to support the following:
- Finding an opinion leader or expert: very significantly
- Competition tracking: significantly
- Finding potential partners: significantly
- Getting up to speed quickly: very significantly
- Evaluating research quality: very significantly
Values the following aspects of Scopus:
- Gets them a broader view of their field
- Has smart tools that analyze and visualize results

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Responses by Subject Area

What is your primary field of study / research?

Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering (inc. chemistry, computer science, earth & planetary sciences, energy, geology, materials science, physics & astronomy): 42%

Life Sciences (inc. agricultural, biological sciences, biochemistry, environmental science, genetics, immunology & microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience): 17%

Health Sciences (inc. dentistry, health professions, medicine & psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutical science, veterinary medicine, veterinary science): 12%

Social Sciences & Humanities (inc. accounting, anthropology, arts & humanities, business & management, decision sciences, economics & finance, history, library & information science, psychology, social sciences): 24%

Elsevier Scopus Case Study

Genentech, Inc.

Introduction

This case study of Genentech, Inc. is based on a September 2016 survey of Elsevier Scopus customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Using Scopus, I found experts and articles in a particular subject matter and found references, citations by author and by key word.”

Challenges

Uses Scopus to achieve the following outcomes or business objectives:
- Patent drafting and prosecution
- Landscaping the competitors and getting up to speed quickly
  **Discover key opinion leaders – find the best minds in a specific field of interest using Scopus

Use Case

Uses Elsevier Scopus weekly
Uses the following information sources or tools in their work in addition to Scopus to support outcomes:
- Journal or book articles
- Patent databases

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Scopus:

Uses Scopus to support the following:
- finding an opinion leader or expert: very significantly
- competition tracking: very significantly
- getting up to speed quickly: very significantly
- evaluating research quality: very significantly
Values the following aspects of Scopus:
- Gets them a broader view of their field
- Saves time in getting the answers they need
- Has trusted and reliable content
- Is an easy to use interface

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Responses by Proficiency

How would you rate your proficiency with using Scopus?

Beginner / not very proficient: 18%

Intermediate / reasonably proficient, I find what I need: 56%

Advanced / proficient, comfortable showing others how to use it: 21%

Expert / very proficient, able to teach others to use it well: 5%

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