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Scopus

Summary

Scopus is an online database[1]. Scopus ranks in the top 3% of online_database entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,719 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scopus's instance of is recorded as online database[3].
  • Scopus's instance of is recorded as electronic journal[4].
  • Scopus's instance of is recorded as abstract database[5].
  • Scopus's instance of is recorded as citation database[6].
  • Scopus was published by Elsevier[7].
  • Scopus is owned by Elsevier[8].
  • Scopus is operated by Elsevier[9].
  • Scopus's place of publication is recorded as Amsterdam[10].
  • Scopus's Commons category is recorded as Scopus (database)[11].
  • Scopus's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Scopus's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[13].
  • Scopus's language of work or name is recorded as Simplified Chinese[14].
  • Scopus's language of work or name is recorded as Traditional Chinese[15].
  • Scopus's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[16].
  • Scopus's country of origin is recorded as Netherlands[17].
  • Scopus's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of the Netherlands[18].
  • March 15, 2004 marks the founding of Scopus[19].
  • Scopus's official website is recorded as https://www.scopus.com[20].
  • Scopus's official website is recorded as https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus[21].
  • Scopus's described at URL is recorded as https://dbis.uni-regensburg.de/frontdoor.php?titel_id=3636[22].
  • Scopus's product or material produced is recorded as scholarly profiling[23].
  • Scopus's described by source is recorded as Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure[24].
  • Scopus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Scopus'}[25].
  • Scopus's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/scopus[26].
  • Scopus's used by is recorded as Times Higher Education World University Rankings[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include online database[3], electronic journal[4], abstract database[5], and citation database[6].

History and Context

March 15, 2004 marks the founding of Scopus[19]. Scopus is owned by Elsevier[8].

Why It Matters

Scopus ranks in the top 3% of online_database entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,719 views/month).[2] Scopus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Scopus is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . kb.on.worldcat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . lhosb.gbv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . linkedin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . service.elsevier.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . jp.service.elsevier.com. Retrieved . jp.service.elsevier.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . cn.service.elsevier.com. Retrieved . cn.service.elsevier.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . tw.service.elsevier.com. Retrieved . tw.service.elsevier.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ru.service.elsevier.com. Retrieved . ru.service.elsevier.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . International Standard Serial Number. Retrieved . linkedin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . German Union Catalogue of Serials. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . lhosb.gbv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . elsevier.com. Retrieved . elsevier.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Language of work or name → English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese +2
    Used by → Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings
    Different from → Scopus
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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