scopus research paper format

Author guidelines for Scopus journals (common rules)

Please read and follow these instructions carefully; doing so will ensure that the publication of your manuscript is as rapid and efficient as possible. The Publisher reserves the right to return manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with these instructions.

Submission of manuscripts

Authors should submit Word or rich-text files by the Online Manuscript Submission System or by using the publisher's email if available.

Licence and permissions

It is a condition of publication that authors grant an exclusive licence to "ORES" Scientific Platform. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently, and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in other publications, provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and "ORES" Scientific Platform is notified in writing and in advance. 

Work submitted for publication must be original, previously unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. If previously published figures, tables, or parts of text are to be included, the copyright-holder’s permission must have been obtained prior to submission.

Cover Letter

All submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter that includes a brief overview of the manuscript and the corresponding and contacting author contact information including full name, e-mail address, phone number, and mailing address (corresponding author and contacting author). It should also specify the number of display items (figures and tables), the number of attachments (manuscript, figures, Supplementary Information if any), and their formats. 

It must include a statement indicating that the article has not been published in another publication and is not being submitted simultaneously to another journal.  

Preparation of the manuscript

General: Papers must be clearly written in English. If you would like additional help with the quality of your written English, please visit our  English Editing and Proofreading Services page . The format of different types of articles is as under:

Format of Research Articles Research articles present original research and address a clearly stated specific hypothesis or question. Papers should provide novel approaches and new insights into the problem addressed. A research article should divide into the following headings:

• Author's information
• Present address
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Acknowledgments

Format of Review Articles Review articles are an attempt by one or more authors to sum up the current state of the research on a particular topic. Ideally, the author searches for everything relevant to the topic, and then sorts it all out into a coherent view of the "state of the art" as it now stands. Interested scientists may write their review articles under the following headings:

Format of Short Communications A short communication is for a concise, but independent report representing a significant contribution. Short communication is not intended to publish preliminary results. It should be no more than 2500 words, and could include two figures or tables. It should have at least 8 references. Scientists may prepare their short communications under the following headings.

Tables Tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order in which they are cited in the text. They should have a brief descriptive title placed at the top. A short description is also accepted. Footnotes can be included below the table. Tables cannot duplicate data contained in the text. Tables must be sent in Microsoft Word and have no links to the main document or other archives. Provide files at approximately the correct size they are to be printed (letter size).

Figures Figures should be supplied in an electronic format at a suitable size for printing with the following resolutions: 600 dots per inch (dpi) for line drawings and combinations; 300 dpi for greyscale and colour. Colour figures must be supplied in CMYK not RGB colours. Please ensure that the prepared electronic image files print at a legible size and are of a high quality for publication.

References At the end of the paper, in the References section the literature should be arranged in alphabetical order. If they have the same author, they should be in chronological order. 

In the text: References must be cited in the text mentioning the last name of the author and year between parentheses. In case of two authors, both should be mentioned. When there are three or more authors, mention only the first author followed by et al. When two or more references are cited in the same parenthesis, the authors should be in chronological order. And if they have the same year, they should be in alphabetical order. Moreover, if there is more than one reference of the same author and the same year, they should be indicated with letters.

All manuscripts will undergo some editorial modification, so it is important to check proofs carefully. PDF page proofs will be sent via e-mail to the corresponding author for checking. To avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked and returned within 48 hours. Corrections should be returned by annotated PDF, e-mail or fax. Extensive changes to the text may be charged to the author.

Post-production corrections

Corrections are made if the publication record is seriously affected by the academic accuracy of published information. Where these amendments concern peer-reviewed material, the correction will be published as a formal notice (erratum) in a subsequent issue.

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To start, search for the paper in Scopus (article title is usually the fastest way).

Scroll down to the References section to view the references.

You'll see options to print , email , or save the references. You can also export them to a citation manager (such as Zotero or EndNote).

Advanced tip : Click on "View in search results format" to analyze the references by publication title, author name, year, country, and number of citations.  

Look for a box on the right side of the page that says "Cited by [x] documents." 

Click on "View all [x] citing documents" to see all of the documents in Scopus that cite this paper.

To start, search for documents by topic, author, or affiliation in Scopus.

Use the checkboxes next to the search results to select the documents you're interested in. (Don't see checkboxes? Click on "View in search results format" ).

To view papers that cite the ones you've selected, click on "View Cited by" in the top menu.

To view the references cited by the papers you've selected, click on the three dots to see more menu options. Click on " View References"  to see the references cited by the documents you selected.  

Advanced tip: Want to see the references for a specific set of papers? 

Search for the papers in Scopus. Select each paper and click on "Add to List" in the menu.

When you've added all of the papers to the list, click on "Lists" in the very top menu (next to "Register" and "Login").

Select all of the documents in the list and click on "View Cited by" or "View References."

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Scopus is a citation index : it collects abstracts and citation data for all articles published by the set of academic journals included in its indexes based on specific criteria.

This citation data can be used to analyze scholarly research in many ways, including by topic, author, affiliation, publication, time period, and other factors. When looking for articles for a literature review, using Scopus is the best way to make sure you're reading the articles you should be.

Scopus includes a few very useful ways to analyze articles in groups, either as a collection of search results or as the articles that all cite a particular article. Here is an image of the "Documents by year" graph for articles in a search, showing the how many articles per year were published on that topic.

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Database Help

• Scopus Academy (Elsevier) Self-paced training modules about Scopus: basic search, advanced search, Scopus metrics, and how to find research collaborations.
• Scopus Tutorials (Elsevier) Tutorials to guide your usage of the database.

Sources & Coverage

Contents include:

• Conference Proceedings
• Scholarly Book Series
• Scopus Content Overview What's included and how much.
• Scopus Sources Search for titles by name or subject area or download the entire Source List (.xlsx file).
• Scopus Content Selection and Advisory Board This group of international researchers, scientists and librarians decides what journals meet the criteria to be indexed in Scopus.

The Scopus algorithm uses the article metadata for publications in a journal indexed by Scopus to create Scopus Author Profiles when two or more articles are linked to one author name. Authors with similar names are assigned different Scopus Author Identifiers, but it is the responsibility of the individual author to ensure that citations are accurately assigned to the right identifier.

• In addition to contact and citation information, your Author Profile can also show awarded grants and preprints when indexed by Scopus.
• Unique identifier: Scopus Author Identifier. Errors can be corrected through submission to the Author Feedback Wizard, which is also how you can request to link your ORCID account.
• Total citation count
• H-index score, indicating the ratio of total articles published to citations
• Field-Weighted Citation Impact
• Scopus Author Profile FAQs How Author Profiles are made and edited.
• How Do I Use the Author Feedback Wizard? (Scopus) Elsevier support page about using the Author Feedback Wizard to submit requests for profile edits.

Journal Metrics

Journal-level metrics

• CiteScore: "CiteScore calculates the average number of citations received in 4 calendar years to 5 peer-reviewed document types (research articles, review articles, conference proceedings, data papers, and book chapters) published in a journal in the same four years." That is, the number of citations a journal receives in a 4-year period divided by the number of total documents published in that same 4-year period. The CiteScore methodology was revised in 2020 and all current CiteScore data has been updated.
• SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), by Scimago Research Group : "[T]he average number of weighted citations received in the selected year by the documents published in the selected journal in the three previous years."
• Source-Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), by  CWTS Journal Indicators : "[T]he number of citations given in the present year to publications in the past three years divided by the total number of publications in the past three years."

Please Note

A common way to judge the effect of a journal on a field of research is through using citation data, tracking the number of times articles are cited, to aid in the decision-making process for those who might need this data: researchers looking to publish, librarians looking to subscribe, or promotion-and-tenure committees looking to judge the work done by researchers. But it's important to remember that the value of a journal to the field might be seen in measures other than citation counts, so while journal citation data can provide a good data point to keep in mind when making your own decision, it should not be the only one you consider .

Article Metrics

Scopus metrics

• Total number of citations (per date range)
• Citations per year (per date range)
• Citation benchmarking
• Field-weighted Citation Impact ("FWCI is the ratio of the document's citations to the average number of citations received by all similar documents over a three-year window.")

PlumX altmetrics (tracking article activity online)

• Usage (clicks, downloads, saves, etc.)
• Mentions (news articles, blogposts)
• Captures (bookmarks)
• Social Media (shares, tweets, etc.)
• Citations (journal indexes and patents)

Author Metrics

h -index and  h -graph: "A researcher's performance based on career publications, as measured by the lifetime number of citations that each published article receives;  h -indices indicate a balance between productivity (scholarly output) and citation impact (citation count)." (Source: Scopus Metrics )

For More Information

• CiteScore Journal Metric - FAQ (Scopus) More info about CiteScore from Scopus.
• Scopus Metrics The rundown of metrics used in Scopus for journals, articles and authors.
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