CAPES to Provide Scopus Access to Brazilian Researchers
Amsterdam - May 25, 2007 - Scopus®, the largest abstract and citation
database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart
tools to track, analyze and visualize research, and the Brazilian
Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education
(CAPES) announced an agreement to make Scopus available to 44 of
Brazil's leading universities and research institutes. Scopus was
selected for its comprehensive and multidisciplinary coverage.
"In signing with Scopus, CAPES fulfils its commitment to make available
to Brazil's scientific and technological communities a powerful tool
that provides access to state-of-the-art knowledge from all over the
world. Scopus is the largest multidisciplinary database on scientific
publications and it substantially increases the number of journals that
may be reached and viewed by our scientists," said CAPES President
Professor Jorge Guimarães in a statement at the signing ceremony held
at the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
Another factor driving CAPES' interest in Scopus was the database's
research performance measurement capabilities and its potential to
further the scientific development of Brazil. Professor Guimarães
added: "Scopus offers the possibility to quickly and precisely access
innumerable data on the development and advancement of our science and
the highlights of our schooling and makes it possible to compare with
other countries. Finally, in making available to our researchers,
graduate students and their mentors one more service with free access
we are supporting the academic community and therefore contributing to
the development of our country."
Jaco Zijlstra, Scopus Director said: "We are proud to have been
selected to join CAPES' already impressive body of scientific resources
and to provide CAPES and their research community with the tools they
need to further the advancement of science in Brazil."
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About Capes
Founded in 1951, CAPES assists the Brazilian Ministry of Education in
the formulation of national policies related to post-graduate study.
Through CAPES, the Brazilian government provides a beneficial service
to Brazil's academic community: the Publications Gateway. Created in
2000 by CAPES, the gateway is one of the greatest bases of scientific
information in the world. Its goal is to reduce regional imbalances by
providing free access to quality scientific and technological
information to scientists, professors and students in 188 universities
and research institutes.
About Scopus
Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest
abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality
web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Scopus is designed and developed with over 300 users and librarians
internationally. Its unique database contains abstracts and references
from over 15,000 peer reviewed journals from 4,000 publishers
worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary coverage. In addition,
Scopus not only offers users citation information about the articles
covered, but also integrates web & patent searches directly from
its clean and simple interface. Direct links to full-text articles,
library resources and other applications like reference management
software, make Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use
than any other literature research tool.
For more information about Scopus please visit www.info.scopus.com.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. Working in partnership with
the global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees
in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900
new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative
electronic products, such as ScienceDirect
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult
(http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.