| 0 Access to Excellent Research: Scopus Content in Georgia Susanne Steiginga, MSc. Product Manager Scopus Content March 10, 2016

| 1 Agenda Scopus content coverage Content selection Local content coverage Content expansion projects Content curation programs Article and journal level metrics

| 2 Scopus content coverage

| 3 Scopus is the Gold standard: >3,000 universities and >150 leading research organizations rely on Scopus data MD Anderson Keio University Kiel University Gazi University Queen’s University Belfast Ural Federal University CAPES Brazil Nanyang Technological University UK BIS ERA 2014 UK REF Nigerian Government ISTIC Peking University NRF -Korea FCT Portugal Danish BFI Germany IFQ Italy ANVUR IISER STINT Michigan Corporate Relations Network ReachNC Russian Foundation of Basic Research TCI - Thailand Rankings: NSF European Commission & ERC NCN Poland Estonia Research Council

| 4 Today we will focus on Scopus but it is important to remember that Scopus underpins other solutions SCOPUS DATABASE APIs Custom Data Mendeley METRICS RESEARCH OUTCOMES

| 5 How Scopus and Scopus data support the researcher workflow Find out what already exists in the global world of research output Determine how to differentiate your research topic and find new ideas Decide what, where and with whom to partner or collaborate with Identify and analyze which journals to submit your article; get published Track impact of your research; monitor global research trends Manage your career through citation counts and h-index (and other metrics)

| 6 Scopus content has evolved over the last 12 years Bio-base (since 1994) Medline (since 1966; later: OLDMEDLINE ) Compendex (since 1970) Geobase (since 1980) Embase (since 1974) : 22,460 active titles Add new titles via evaluation process by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) Cited references expansion back to 1970 And backfill to Volume 1 / Issue : commercial launch Scopus 1996: cited reference going back to : in process of adding cited references back to : content going back as far as 1823 Cited references going back to 1996

| 7 JOURNALS Scopus includes content from more than 5,000 publishers and 105 different countries 21,568 peer-reviewed journals 361 trade journals Full metadata, abstracts and cited references Physical Sciences 7,443 Health Sciences 6,795 Social Sciences 8,086 Life Sciences 4,492 90K conference events 7.3M conference papers Mainly Engineering and Computer Sciences 531 book series 30K Volumes / 1.2M items 121,453 stand-alone books 992K items Focus on Social Sciences and A&H 61M records from 22K serials, 90K conferences and 120K books Updated daily “Articles in Press” from > 3,750 titles 40 different languages covered 3,715 active Gold Open Access journals indexed BOOKSCONFERENCES Source: November 2015 title list at

| 8 Unbiased, comprehensive journal coverage with titles from many reputable scholarly publishers Source: November 2015 title list at

| 9 Content selection

| 10 Coverage of high quality journals due to selection by the independent Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) The CSAB is an independent board of subject experts from all over the world. Board members are chosen for their expertise in specific subject areas; many have (journal) Editor experience.

| 11 Continuous, online title review process for selecting new journals for Scopus coverage As a primary publisher and information aggregator, Elsevier understands the needs of Authors, Editors and Publishers and provides resources to support the community. Available resources to help journals with successful title review process: publication ethics resources | FAQs | advisory documents | reviewer comments | editor and publishing services or 0

| 12 Peer-review English abstracts Regular publication Roman script references Pub. ethics statement Transparent Scopus selection criteria for serial content All titles should meet all minimum criteria in order to be considered for Scopus review: or

| 13 Continuous, online title review process for selecting new journals for Scopus coverage As a primary publisher and information aggregator, Elsevier understands the needs of Authors, Editors and Publishers and provides resources to support the community. Available resources to help journals with successful title review process: publication ethics resources | FAQs | advisory documents | reviewer comments | editor and publishing services or 0

| 14 Transparent Scopus selection criteria for serial content Journal PolicyQuality of ContentJournal StandingRegularityOnline Availability Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a combination of 14 quantitative and qualitative selection criteria: Convincing editorial concept/policy Type of peer-review Diversity geographic distribution of editors Diversity geographic distribution of authors Academic contribution to the field Clarity of abstracts Quality and conformity with stated aims & scope Readability of articles Citedness of journal articles in Scopus Editor standing No delay in publication schedule Content available online English-language journal home page Quality of home page or

| 15 Continuous, online title review process for selecting new journals for Scopus coverage As a primary publisher and information aggregator, Elsevier understands the needs of Authors, Editors and Publishers and provides resources to support the community. Available resources to help journals with successful title review process: publication ethics resources | FAQs | advisory documents | reviewer comments | editor and publishing services or

| 16 Local content coverage

| 17 Comparison with nearest peer Scopus 22,245 Web of Science 12,140 Scopus 7,443 (+73%) WoS 4,291 Scopus 6,795 (+96%) WoS 3,472 Scopus 4,492 (+50%) WoS 3,002 Scopus 8,086 (+99%) WoS 4,060 Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences ~12K titles (Core Collection) 3,300 publishers Updated weekly ~22K titles >5,000 publishers Updated daily Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science title list and Scopus’ own data (April 2015)

| 18 Subject Field and Publication Language Distribution Full text language (2009 – 2015): Source: Scopus data March 2016 Subject field (2009 – 2015):

| 19 Scholarly output Source: SciVal (March 2016)

| 20 International collaboration Proportion of Georgian international collaboration is increasing over the years. It is ahead of comparative countries and closest to Armenia. Source: SciVal (March 2016)

| 21 International collaboration leads to increase of Field Weighted Citation Impact Source: SciVal (March 2016) Collaboration FWCI CountryFWCI ≠ Int. collaboration 1.68 Uzbekistan Azerbaijan Armenia Bulgaria0.84 Georgian FWCI = 1.35

| 22 Content expansion projects

| 23 Increasing coverage of books with focus on Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities In addition to 30K book volumes from series, 120K books loaded in Scopus. 15 – 20K new books per year going forward Source: January 2016 Books Title list at Scopus books coverage breakdown per subject field:Scopus books coverage breakdown per publisher:

| 24 Adding cited references to pre-1996 items in Scopus Already 6.1M pre-1996 documents loaded in Scopus leading to additional 107M cited references Coverage years Pre-1996, going back to 1970 Number of articles Around 6M+ articles will be re- processed to include cited references. In addition around 4M pre-1996 articles will be backfilled Scope Archives from major publishers with available digital archives

| 25 Documents published between: Number of publications: 40 Number of citations: 782 h-index: 13 h-index of researchers who started publishing before 1996 is increasing Gerard ‘t Hooft (Nobel prize in Physics, 1999) Documents published between: Number of publications: 110 Number of citations: 23,134 h-index: 43

| 26 Content curation programs

| 27 Ongoing content curation of the Scopus base to ensure continuous high quality content Identification of poor performing journals using metrics and benchmarks “Radar” to predict journals with outlier performance Direct feedback from users and stakeholders on poor performing journals Re-evaluation by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) Content Curation Curation of the full Scopus journal base is essential and expected by our customers and users. Review: Curate:

| 28 Metrics and benchmarks to identify poor-performing journals for re-evaluation MetricBenchmarkExplanation Self-citations 200% The journal has a self-citation rate two times higher, or more, when compared to peer journals in its subject field. Citations 50% The journal received half the number of citations, when compared to peer journals in its subject field. Impact Per Publication 50% The journal has an IPP score half or less than the average IPP score, when compared to peer journals in its subject field. Article Output 50% The journal produced half, or less, the number of articles, when compared to peer journals in its subject field. Abstract Usage 50% The journal’s abstract are used half as much, or less, when compared to peer journals in its subject field. Full Text Links 50% The journal’s full text are used half as much, or less, when compared to peer journals in its subject field. Learn more on this topic via the Scopus blog:

| 29 Transparent, annual re-evaluation process to ensure titles continue to meet high quality standards Learn more on this topic via the Scopus blog:

| 30 “Radar” that identifies journals with outlier performance What is outlier performance? 2011: 2014: Elsevier colleagues were challenged to create a “Radar” that can identify, flag and ultimately predict outlier performance of journals Examples of predicting behavior: Total article output and sudden article output growth Geographical diversity among authors and editors Shift in received citations and percentage of self-citations The “Radar” will be rolled out to flag outlier journals on a regular basis Flagged journals will be reviewed by the CSAB for continuation of Scopus coverage

| 31 Article and Journal Level Metrics

| 32 Where available, article-level metrics are captured for all articles in Scopus

| 33 Multiple types of article-level metrics provide a more complete view of the performance of an article

| 34 Two Golden Rules of using research metrics give a balanced, multi-dimensional view Always use both qualitative and quantitative input into your decisions Always use more than one research metric as the quantitative input Using multiple metrics drives desirable changes in behaviour There are lots of different ways of being excellent A research metric’s strengths can complement the weaknesses of others Combining both approaches will get you closer to the whole story Valuable intelligence is available from the points where these approaches differ in their message This is about benefitting from the strengths of both approaches, not about replacing one with the other

| 35 Gap Usage Citations Audience Scholarly Activity Academic Opinion Social Activity Media Activity Outputs Our aim is to provide a basket of metrics that facilitates appropriate use of research metrics in all dimensions Entities to which metrics apply: Articles Sections Journals, Conferences, Books Portfolio Author, Editor, Reviewer Institution or group Subject Area Editor Board Authors Community Contributions Consumption Scholarly Impact Society Impact Geographical spread Collaboration network Sector distribution h-index Scholarly Output Research data output Conference output Citation counts Usage counts SNIP, SJR Audience Scholarly blogs, reviews, etc. Peer review metrics Prizes and awards Social media mentions Media mentions Medical guidelines Influence policies NEW METRIC Coming Q NEW METRIC Coming Q Mendeley Readers

| 36 Summary Scopus has broad coverage providing the most accurate view of the global research landscape. Scopus and Scopus data is being used by researchers, publishers and leading institutions to inform decisions about research output and research assessment. Scopus has a transparent content selection process executed by the independent Content Selection & Advisory Board. Scopus is working on content expansion programs to ensure that coverage, discoverability, profiles and impact measurement for research in all subject fields is accounted for in Scopus. Scopus has ongoing content curation programs in place which ensure only the highest quality content is present in the database. Journal and article level metrics are available in Scopus and help researchers and research organizations to evaluate research and researchers. Scopus is launching a new metric Q

| 37 Important Scopus resources to stay up to date: SiteURL Scopus Info Sitehttps:// Scopus Bloghttp://blog.scopus.com Scopus newsletterhttps://communications.elsevier.com/webApp/els_doubleOptInWA?do=0&srv=els_s copus&sid=71&uif=0&uvis=3 Twitterwww.twitter.com/scopus Facebookwww.facebook.com/elsevierscopus LinkedInhttps:// YouTubehttps:// მადლობა ! Susanne Steiginga Product Manager, Scopus Content