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Scopus file (scopus.exe)
This program enables one to read a file which is exported from the Scopus database in the format "Text(ASCII format)".
The program assumes an input file with the name "data.txt".
The output is the organization of this information in files which allow for relational database management (e.g., MS Access) or separate analysis as
spreadsheets. These files (AU.dbf; CS.dbf; CR.dbf; CORE.dbf) are in the dBASE-format. Additionally, a file with the abstracts (abstract.txt) and relational numbers is provided in ASCII format. The output is similar to that of ISI.exe for the Science Citation Index.
One major difference between the Scopus and ISI output is the use of the abbreviated journal names in the ISI output. These are used in the cited references by the ISI, but Scopus uses the full journal names. The program BibJourn.Exe is affected by this difference. (HistCite™ hitherto has the same problem.) The file CR.DBF provides the cited references both in the Scopus and the ISI formats.
Note that the country names are not fully standardized in Scopus (e.g., one may find both “The Netherlands” and “Netherlands”.) The program will sort the last subfield of the address under “country” irrespective of the errors in the input files. Journal names are sometimes also at variance, e.g., Time & Society versus Time and Society. In general, the programs do not feedback on errors in the input except for size limitations. There are no size limitations to this program except one’s disk space.
The current version is in the development phase. Please, feel free to feedback with suggestions for improvements.
Alternatively, one can generate an ISI tagged-output file (Dialog format) from Scopus output in the .csv format using Scop2ISI.exe from here. Another possibility is to convert the output of this program (Scopus.EXE) via MSAccess to an ISI tagged output file using Acc2ISI.exe. Tagged files can be used by my other programs, but in due time, I’ll develop direct interfaces.
Loet Leydesdorff
Amsterdam, July 4, 2008