Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (11.07.2022) Shift-II
Which one of the following is the parent organisation of SCOPUS?
AAmerican Chemical Society
BThomson Reuters
CSpringer
DElsevier ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Elsevier — SCOPUS is owned by Elsevier, so option D is correct.
Explanation
★SCOPUS is owned by Elsevier, so option D is correct.
★SCOPUS is a large abstract and citation database launched by Elsevier in 2004.
★It indexes thousands of peer reviewed journals across science and social science.
★It is used to track citations, measure research impact, and support literature searches.
★Web of Science, a rival database, was long associated with Thomson Reuters and later Clarivate.
★Springer and the American Chemical Society are publishers, not the owners of SCOPUS.
★Knowing the major indexing databases and their owners is part of research literacy.
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