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Scopus

Scopus is a multidisciplinary database and so useful for most researchers. this guide will show you how to use it to find the information you are looking for.

Sort your results

You can sort your results using the menu at the top right. By default, Scopus organises results so the newest articles are first. You can also choose other options such as:

  • Cited by: the number of times a work has been cited by other authors
  • Relevance: the number of times your search terms appear in the record
  • First Author (A-Z) or (Z-A): alphabetical by author surname
  • Source Title: alphabetical by source (e.g., journal) title

Refine your results

You can limit your results using the left hand column. Especially useful are the Year, Document Type and Language options. 

The country/territory option will limit to the country where the author's institution is based, rather than where the research was carried out.