What is the difference between Scopus and PubMed?

What is the difference between PubMed and Scopus

PubMed focuses mainly on medicine and biomedical sciences, whereas Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar cover most scientific fields. Web of Science covers the oldest publications, because its indexed and archived records go back to 1900.

Is PubMed Scopus indexed

Pubmed/Medline are publisher like Elseveir and Lippincott. but SCOPUS, ISI, ERA are classified as indixed databases. They have certain conditions to accept journals in their data bases; thats why many universities and many Ranking systems in the world consider these indexes.

Why Scopus is the best

Scopus has the comprehensive scientific data and literature, and analytical tools to keep you up to date and ahead of the competition. New discoveries drive scientific research forward. And if the latest research goes unseen, opportunities to rely and improve upon that research are missed.

Why is PubMed the best

PubMed delivers a publicly available search interface for MEDLINE as well as other NLM resources, making it the premier source for biomedical literature and one of the most widely accessible resources in the world.

What type of journal is PubMed

PubMed® comprises more than 35 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

What is the disadvantage of Scopus

Limited availability. For many scholars, the biggest disadvantage of Web of Science and Scopus is simply that neither resource is available to them. Although faculty at the major research universities often have access to at least one of these databases, the situation is very different elsewhere.

Is Scopus better than Google Scholar

Web of Science and Scopus both have “some” proceedings and books but they are mainly covering journal articles. Book coverage – Google Scholar excels at this way more than the others as it covers Google Books content along with other freely-accessible online publications.

What is the disadvantage of PubMed

Limitations of PubMed

PubMed does not allow a detailed citation analysis (such as those available on the Web of Science). PubMed does not enable one to determine author metrics such as h index (which databases such as Scopus or Web of Science or search engines like Google Scholar provide).

Why choose Scopus

Scopus quickly finds relevant and authoritative research, identifies experts and provides access to reliable data, metrics and analytical tools. Be confident in progressing research, teaching or research direction and priorities — all from one database and with one subscription.

Is PubMed an indexed journal

Over the years, many other popular indexation services have developed. These include MedLine, PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, SCIRUS among others. There are various regional and national versions of Index Medicus such as African Index Medicus.

Is PubMed a good journal

PubMed delivers a publicly available search interface for MEDLINE as well as other NLM resources, making it the premier source for biomedical literature and one of the most widely accessible resources in the world.

Why not use Scopus

Although large citation databases such as Web of Science and Scopus are widely used in bibliometric research, they have several disadvantages, including limited availability, poor coverage of books and conference proceedings, and inadequate mechanisms for distinguishing among authors.

Which is better Google Scholar or Scopus

Web of Science and Scopus both have “some” proceedings and books but they are mainly covering journal articles. Book coverage – Google Scholar excels at this way more than the others as it covers Google Books content along with other freely-accessible online publications.

What are the disadvantages of Scopus

Abstract. Although large citation databases such as Web of Science and Scopus are widely used in bibliometric research, they have several disadvantages, including limited availability, poor coverage of books and conference proceedings, and inadequate mechanisms for distinguishing among authors.