Scopus announced the Scopus Citation Tracker, a new feature available to all subscribers that enables researchers to evaluate research using citation data. The Scopus Citation Tracker provides users with a way to more easily and efficiently check and track citation data for the purposes of gaining intelligence about articles, authors, their own published work and research trends.

Using Scopus Citation Tracker, users can can spot trends over time to gauge the influence of a set of articles, an author or group of authors. Users can control the specific articles and date ranges they want to evaluate and easily navigate through the cited and citing literature using a visual table of citations broken down by article and chronology.

According to Elsevier, the Scopus Citation Tracker is the first and only product to give an on-the-spot overview of citation data for any set of articles over a date range selected by the user.

The Scopus Citation Tracker makes it quick and easy for users to:

• Find the most highly cited authors in a field
• Find and track hot topics in specific subject areas
• Check the most up-to-date citation data on specific authors and articles
• Track and evaluate research trends