Scopus is a company within the Information Services category. Scopus is a comprehensive abstract and citation database launched by Elsevier in 2004. It covers tens of thousands of peer-reviewed journals, books, and conference proceedings across life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences, and health sciences. The platform is extensively used by academic, government, and corporate institutions for bibliometric analysis and research tracking.
Scopus was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Scopus is part of Elsevier.
Scopus is rated Leader on the Optimly Brand Authority Index, a measure of how well AI models can accurately describe the brand. The exact score is locked for unclaimed profiles.
AI narrative accuracy for Scopus is Moderate. Significant factual deltas detected. Inconsistent representation across models.
AI models classify Scopus as a Challenger. AI names competitors first.
Scopus appeared in 7 of 8 sampled buyer-intent queries (88%). Scopus is a dominant result for academic research queries but may lose 'free' traffic to Google Scholar or 'AI- native' traffic to tools like Perplexity or Consensus.
AI reliably identifies Scopus as a gold-standard academic tool. It excels at describing its core function but often struggles with real-time database statistics and the technical distinction between Scopus as a metadata index versus ScienceDirect as a full-text host. Key gap: AI often fails to distinguish between the content indexed in Scopus and the content hosted on ScienceDirect, frequently conflating the two Elsevier products.
Of 5 key facts verified about Scopus, 3 are well-documented (likely accurate across AI models), 2 have limited sourcing, and 0 are retrieval-dependent and may be inaccurate without live search.
The specific, current count of indexed journals and the nuances of the 'CiteScore' calculation vs. 'Impact Factor'.
Buyers turn to Scopus for Manual Journal Search: Researchers manually searching individual journal websites or using library stacks., Personal Reference Management: Maintaining local spreadsheets or EndNote libraries without an external discovery layer., among 2 documented problem areas.
Buyers evaluating Scopus typically ask AI models about "best academic citation database", "how to find h-index of a researcher", "university ranking data sources", and 2 similar queries.
Scopus's main competitors are Dimensions (Digital Science), OpenAlex. According to AI models, these are the brands most frequently named alongside Scopus in buyer-intent queries.
Scopus's core products are Academic database, citation tracking, h-index calculation, CiteScore metrics..
Scopus uses Enterprise/Custom (Institutional Subscription).
Scopus serves Universities, Research Institutions, Government Agencies, R&D Corporate Departments..
Scopus The world's largest curated abstract and citation database with independent board-reviewed content selection.
Brand Authority Index (BAI) tier: Leader (exact score locked for unclaimed brands)
Archetype: Challenger
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Last analyzed: April 10, 2026
Founded: 2004
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands