TechValidate Research on Scopus

Introduction

This case study of a small business agriculture company is based on a September 2020 survey of Scopus customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Scopus use & feedback

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

• Said they use the Scopus On a project basis.
• Rated the following aspects of Scopus:
  • intuitive user interface: great
  • overall content quality: great
  • content coverage for journals, books and conferences: great
  • depth of content coverage in my specific discipline: great
  • search results analysis capability: great
• Rated how well Scopus supports the following:
  • scouting for the latest developments: Very well
• Said if they were to no longer have access to Scopus, they estimate spending more than 50% more time to collect equavalent information.
• Said compared to tools they’ve used, their favorite aspects of Scopus are the following:
  • Time saved getting to the answer they need
  • Trusted, reliable content

Impact & outcomes

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Scopus:

• Said Scopus has done the following:
  • Saved their team time and money when searching & discovering innovations
• User anecdote sharing a situation, problem or project, where they benefited from Scopus:
  • “Scopus provided results in foreign languages that was useful for our factory.”

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise computer software company is based on a September 2020 survey of Scopus customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Scopus use & feedback

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

• Said they use the Scopus Daily.
• Rated the following aspects of Scopus:
  • intuitive user interface: great
  • overall content quality: great
  • content coverage for journals, books and conferences: good
  • depth of content coverage in my specific discipline: good
  • search results analysis capability: needs improvement
• Rated how well Scopus supports the following:
  • finding researchers or opinion leaders for collaboration: Good
  • finding researchers or opinion leaders for potential hires: Good
  • tracking research trends over time: , but needs improvement
  • scouting for the latest developments: , but needs improvement
  • analyzing the market and competitor output: , but needs improvement
• Said if they were to no longer have access to Scopus, they estimate spending less than 20% more time to collect equivalent information.
• Said compared to tools they’ve used, their favorite aspects of Scopus are the following:
  • Results help me get a broader view of my field
  • Trusted, reliable content
  • Easy to use interface

Impact & Outcomes

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Scopus:

• Said Scopus has done the following:
  • Helped them identify an author / expert that led to a succesful partnership or advanced discovery and development