Scopus has introduced PlumX metrics into Scopus, following their recent takeover of the company. These come in 5 categories:
Usage – e.g. clicks, downloads, views, library holdings
Captures – indicating that someone wants to come back to the work – bookmarks, favourites, readers, watchers
Mentions – news articles or blog posts about research. Includes comments, reviews, blog posts, wikipedia links, news media.
Social media – tweets, likes, shares
Citations
When you are searching in Scopus look out for the image below as this information is now available as part of our subscription. Click on it to see the full detail available. Not every article will attract this kind of attention so you won’t see the image every time.
