Books are indexed on both a book and a chapter level.
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Over 217,000 book titles are in Scopus that significantly increase the breadth and depth of coverage for book-oriented disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. One-off book publications covered in Scopus includes monographs, edited volumes, major reference works and graduate level textbooks. Book series are usually published irregularly.īooks (non-serial titles): A non-serial source is a publication with an ISBN and is usually a monograph or composed work. Typically, each book is a monographic publication. Usually, but not always, each book has a book title separate from the series title and a different editor or editors. Only articles or reviews of scientific relevance are included in Scopus.īook series: A serial publication that has an overall series title, an ISSN and in which every volume and/or issue in the series is also a book with an ISBN. Trade journals are included in Scopus because users and librarians consider selected articles to be scientifically relevant.
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Abstracts are usually short or nonexistent and few or no references are given. Trade journals are seldom refereed and do not always have an editorial board. These publications usually are a magazine type of periodical with articles on topical subjects, news items and advertisements that appeal to those in the field. Trade journals: Serial publications covering and intended to reach a specific industry, trade or type of business.
#Series vs serial books full
Over 5,500 peer-reviewed titles are full open access titles (according to DOAJ and/or ROAD). Any serial publication with an ISSN, that meets the technical criteria can be suggested for review and covered on Scopus.
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Journals: The bulk of the content on Scopus is peer-reviewed journals which are selected according to our content coverage policy.