# scopus

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/scopus
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/scopus.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/scopus/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://sciencedirect.com
- **Slug:** scopus
- **Categories:** data-analytics-business-intelligence

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Comprehensive database with over 80 million documents, 234,000 books, 7,000 publishers, and 80,000 institution profiles. It covers a wide range of disciplines, indexes high-quality peer-reviewed journals, and provides access to raw data for further analysis. It has earned a standing equal to or better than competing databases like Web of Science.
Source: Brand's website (https://sciencedirect.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Scopus is a commercial and subscription-based database for peer-reviewed literature, abstracts, and citations, covering a wide range of scientific disciplines, books, and institution profiles. It is used extensively for bibliometric analysis and research trend discovery, providing comprehensive coverage of academic content.
Source: Brand's website (https://sciencedirect.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - A comprehensive database of peer-reviewed literature
  - abstracts
  - and citations; tools for bibliometric analysis
  - research trend discovery
  - and data retrieval.
Source: Brand's website (https://sciencedirect.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Subscription-based with a high price.
Source: Brand's website (https://sciencedirect.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Researchers, academics, academic institutions (universities, research centers), scientific community, and publishers requiring comprehensive literature review and bibliometric analysis tools.
Source: Brand's website (https://sciencedirect.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Web of Science
  - MEDLINE
  - EMBASE
  - SciFinder
  - The Lens
Source: Brand's website (https://sciencedirect.com) · 2026-10-04

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