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Scopus: Saving search results

Use this guide to help you search Scopus more effectively and to find out how to manage your search results. After reading this introductory page, click each heading in the following row of tabs:

Selecting and saving search results

When you retrieve search results in a database, we highly recommended that you:

  • Identify and select any individual results that are of potential value to your review.  
  • Save multiple back-up copies of those selected results in various locations (e.g. email, cloud, USB stick, hard drive). Even experienced researchers can lose information!
  • You need good records of all the sources of information you use in order to avoid plagiarism!


How to select and save results in Scopus:

  1. Click/select the box next to any individual result(s) of interest.


     
  2. When you try and save/email your results, you may be asked to sign in first. To do that, click the sign-in button (in the top right corner) and click 'confirm your institution'. If you don't have a Scopus account: click 'create account' (near the top right-hand corner) and register as instructed. Then, click 'sign in'.
     
  3. Click the 'More' link just above your search results. A menu of options will appear including the following 'email' and 'save to list' options:

    Email: You can click this and then choose which email address to use and which information you want included (e.g. abstracts and keywords). You can also add any notes you want to make about the results to your email. 

    Save to List: Click this to save your selected references as a list that you can then retrieve the next time you enter Scopus. You'll find the list by clicking on your initials in the top right of the screen. To use this feature, you need to be signed in: instructions. You might find this option particularly helpful if running multiple searches within a single session. However, the provider is investigating the fact that some users have been unable to retrieve their saved lists so this is another reason for using back-up methods for saving results. 

     
  4. Click the Export button to create a file of your selected results (options include RIS for EndNote and CSV for Excel). Both options (and most of the others) enable you to download up to 20,000 references at a time. EndNote users can find further instructions in our guide (Scopus is covered along with other databases). 
     
  5. To export greater numbers, you need to export them in smaller separate batches. To do this, re-run your search more than once, each time limiting the search to a different date range and export a separate set of results per search. The date range option is at the top of the filters column.