SCOPUS: Another step towards seamless integration of the world’s medical literature

D.A. Rew, Editor in Chief, EJSO 2003 - 2009

As the technologies of the Web have advanced from the earliest formats to its present utility and pervasiveness, so we have sought to advise and inform our EJSO readers in articles and editorials on its uses in medical research, education and surgical oncology. The world scientific and technical literature is expanding at an enormous rate. There are now believed to be some 200,000 citable regional and international journals in existence, and the numbers are expanding at a rate of some 4000 journals per year. Of these, some 10% are believed to be in the medical and related scientific disciplines. Much important additional scientific and technical information emerges in non-peer reviewed ‘‘trade’’ magazines and publications, and in applications to patent offices.

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