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Popular scholarly database website, scopus.com, abstracts, citation database, research metrics, author profiles, content coverage, support center, and WHOIS domain data

Website

Scopus

Scopus is a popular scholarly database website and Elsevier product for finding abstracts, citation data, author profiles, metrics, and research literature across disciplines.

Official site
scopus.com is the main public website for Scopus.
Core role
Scopus is presented by Elsevier as an abstract and citation database for research discovery and analysis.
Common users
Researchers, librarians, universities, publishers, funders, analysts, and research offices use Scopus data and tools.
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What Scopus is

Scopus is a scholarly database website at scopus.com. Elsevier presents it as an abstract and citation database used to find research literature, follow citations, identify experts, and support research analysis.

Scopus homepage screenshot of the official website interface
Scopus homepage screenshot showing the official website interface and primary visitor experience.

Abstracts and citations

Scopus centers on bibliographic records rather than full-text hosting. A record can include an article title, authors, publication venue, abstract, keywords, references, citations, affiliations, and links that help readers move from a search result to the original publication.

Content coverage

Elsevier describes Scopus as a multidisciplinary database covering scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences literature. Coverage is curated, which means the database is useful for structured searching but should not be mistaken for every scholarly work ever published.

Metrics and profiles

Scopus includes tools for author profiles, publication counts, citation tracking, and research metrics. Those features can help people map a field or evaluate visibility, but metrics need context because citation patterns vary widely by discipline, language, publication type, and career stage.

Data and APIs

Scopus data can also support institutional reporting, analytics, and software workflows. APIs and structured records let authorized systems retrieve metadata, connect records, and build dashboards or discovery tools around the database.

Who uses Scopus

Scopus is used by researchers, graduate students, librarians, research administrators, universities, funders, publishers, policy analysts, and companies that monitor scientific literature. It is especially useful when someone needs a curated citation database rather than a general web search.

Strengths and cautions

Scopus's strength is combining broad scholarly indexing with citation links, profiles, and analytical tools. The cautions are important: coverage is selective, access may depend on subscriptions, records can contain metadata errors, and citation indicators should not be treated as a simple measure of quality.

Why it matters

Scopus matters because research discovery increasingly depends on databases that organize huge volumes of literature. When used carefully, it can help people find relevant work, trace scholarly conversations, and understand research activity across institutions and fields.

WHOIS domain data

Data pulled: May 20, 2026View current WHOIS record

Domain
scopus.com
IP address
203.22.241.4
Registrar
SafeNames Ltd.
WHOIS server
whois.safenames.net
Referral URL
http://www.safenames.net
Created
May 15, 1992
Updated
October 14, 2025
Expires
May 16, 2031
Nameservers
ns-1175.awsdns-18.org (205.251.196.151); ns-2035.awsdns-62.co.uk (205.251.199.243); ns-206.awsdns-25.com (205.251.192.206); ns-731.awsdns-27.net (205.251.194.219)
Domain status
clientDeleteProhibited; clientTransferProhibited; clientUpdateProhibited
Registrant organization
Elsevier Ltd
Registrant country
UK
Contact privacy
Registrant name, address, phone, and fax details are protected or not disclosed in the Who.is record.