Scopus use & feedback
The key features and functionalities of Scopus that the surveyed company uses:
- Rated the following aspects of Scopus:
- intuitive user interface: best in class
- overall content quality: best in class
- content coverage for journals, books and conferences: best in class
- depth of content coverage in my specific discipline: best in class
- search results analysis capability: best in class
- Rated how well Scopus supports the following:
- finding researchers or opinion leaders for collaboration: excellently
- finding researchers or opinion leaders for potential hires: excellently
- tracking research trends over time: excellently
- scouting for the latest developments: excellently
- analyzing the market and competitor output: excellently
- Said if they were to no longer have access to Scopus, they estimate spending 30-39% more time to collect equavalent 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
- Time saved getting to the answer they need
- Trusted, reliable content
- Smart tools to analyze and visualized results
- Easy to use interface
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
- Provided information that led to a competitive advantage
- Accelerated their company’s product pipeline development
- Helped them identify an author / expert that led to a succesful partnership or advanced discovery and development
- Led to a significant discovery which helped inform R&D strategy & planning
- User anecdote sharing a situation, problem or project, where they benefited from Scopus:
**As a Librarian it save my time to support my work. I share the Scopus database to UPOU community for them to access it.
