Written by: Grace Spiewak and Sveta Stoytcheva Price
Ever wonder which article about “Norse mythology” has been cited the most times or who the top researchers in “feline behavior” are? How about the number of articles published by DePaul faculty this year by subject area, or what datasets exist about Chicago taxis? You can answer all of these questions and many more with Scopus.
The Library is thrilled to introduce Scopus as our premier interdisciplinary scholarly database. Scopus is replacing Web of Science, which will no longer be available to DePaul users as of July 1, 2025. Scopus contains over 94 million records for peer-reviewed articles, but it is more than simply a collection of abstracts. Scopus has advanced bibliometric features that allow researchers to track citations, analyze research outputs, compare journals, and more.
Scopus has journal coverage across disciplines and is ideal for:
- researching a wide variety of topics
- tracking research trends and progress
- analyzing journal impact
- identifying researchers in specific subject areas
- exploring the research output of organizations
- …and more!
Have questions about Scopus? Visit the Scopus How-To Guide, contact your library liaison, or join us for virtual Scopus Office Hours on June 4 or June 12.
And if you are curious about those research questions, the answers are…
- The conference paper “Passing into poetry: Viking-age mortuary drama and the origins of norse mythology” by Neil Price has the most citations according to Scopus records for “norse mythology” at 77 citations
- Danièlle G.Gunn-Moore of The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in the United Kingdom has the most matching documents in Scopus for “feline behavior”
- A Scopus search for “taxis AND Chicago” links to datasets including Chicago Taxi Dataset, Chicago taxi rides, and Chicago Taxi Trips (Tipping)