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Scopus is the largest international abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources. Searching 45.5 million records from 5,000 different publishers. 

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The name, Scopus, was inspired by the bird, Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), which supposedly has excellent navigation skills. [Burnham JF. Scopus database: a review. Biomed Digit Libr. 2006 Mar 8;3:1. doi:10.1186/1742-5581-3-1]

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