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How do I search in Scopus?

You can search in Scopus by document, author, or by affiliation:

Scopus allows you to search for publications based on search terms relating to specific parts of a document (e.g., title, author, keywords, ISSN).

To search for a document:

• Go to the Scopus homepage . The default page is the Document search.
• Select the fields to search within from the Search within drop-down.
• Enter your terms in the Search documents field.

Note: To add search terms, select 'Add search field' for an additional search term line.

• Select 'Search' . For information about how to work with document search results, see document search results .

Document search tips:

Use boolean operators to combine different search queries and proximity operators to find words near/within a specified distance of each other.

Boolean operators - OR, AND, AND NOT

Rules for using boolean operators:.

• AND NOT e.g., KEY(mouse AND NOT cat OR dog) is interpreted as KEY((mouse) AND NOT (cat OR dog))
• AND NOT should always be used at the end of the query.
• To search for a specific phrase, enclose the terms in double quotes (" ") or for an exact match use braces ({}).

Proximity operators - W/ n , PRE/ n

You can choose between two Proximity operators to find words within a certain distance from each other: Pre/ n specifies a word order whereas W/ n does not.

Tips for proximity operators:

There are two ways of searching for phrases, an exact search and a loose/approximate phrase, depending on how exact a match you want to find.

Loose/approximate phrases

Double quotation marks are important when searching for a loose/approximate phrase.

• Loose phrase: TITLE-ABS-KEY( "heart attack") searches for documents where heart attack appear together in the title, abstract, or keywords.
• Not a loose phrase: TITLE-ABS-KEY( heart attack) searches for documents where heart and attack appear together or separately in the title, abstract, or keywords.
• Dots and hyphens are treated as intentional. When a dot/hyphen is used, it is ignored and the search terms are treated as a loose phrase
• heart-attack or heart.attack is searched as "heart attack"
• Wildcards work: "criminal* liab*" finds criminally liable and criminal liability .
• Plurals and spelling variants are included: heart attack includes heart attacks , anesthesia includes anaesthesia .
• Double quotation marks can be used to search specifically for stop words and special characters: "crocodiles with alligators" will return results such as: Crocodiles with alligators are among the largest reptiles .
• title-abs-key (*/art) is searched as title-abs-key(art)
• abs(iwv-*) is searched as abs(iwv)

Exact phrase

To find documents that contain an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in braces: {oyster toadfish} .

RESULT: This includes any stop words , spaces, and punctuation which you included in the braces. For example:

• {heart-attack} and {heart attack} will return different results because the dash is included.
• Wildcards are searched as actual characters, e.g., {health care?} returns results such as: Who pays for health care?

You can search for accented characters either with or without the accent. The results contain both variants.

Example:  España and Espana are both found whether you entered espana or españa .

This also applies to special characters.

Letters from the Greek alphabet and their spelled-out equivalents – alpha; α

Special characters that have common equivalents like π r⊃2; - pr2

Special characters with no common equivalents, punctuation, and spacing are ignored.

To search specifically for a special character or a punctuation mark, enclose it in braces {π}.

Using the singular form of a word in your search retrieves the singular, plural, and possessive forms of most words.

Scopus applies word stemming to fields containing text (not to names, affiliations, dates, or numbers). Word stemming ensures that different occurrences of a word are found.

Example : criterion finds criteria and criterion

Use these filters to reduce your search results:

Scopus coverage focuses on primary document types from serial publications. Primary means that the author is identical to the researcher in charge of the presented findings. Scopus does not include secondary document types, where the author is not identical to the person behind the presented research, such as obituaries and book reviews.

Document types covered in Scopus

• Article or Review
• Book or Book Chapter
• Book Chapter
• Article or Conference Paper
• Conference Paper
• Conference Review
• Short Survey
• Business Article or Press

Document types not covered in Scopus

• Book reviews
• Conference meeting

For more in-depth information on document types, please see Section 3 of the Scopus Content Coverage Guide .

The author search helps you find documents written by a specific person in Scopus , even if the author is listed inconsistently. For example, an author may be cited as Smith, J in one document, but as Smith, John in another. The Scopus Author Identifier allows you to identify between different authors in author search results.

You can also search using an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID). For more information, see How do I search for authors using ORCID?

• From the Scopus homepage , select the 'Authors' tab.
• From the 'Search using' dropdown, select 'Author name' to search by name or select 'ORCID' .
• Enter the last name of the author in the 'Enter last name' field. Alternatively, enter the ORCID number. The last name of the author is required. You can also enter a first name or initials, and an affilation name to further narrow your results.
• Select 'Search' .

Author search tips

Author Search results include any available author name variations that match your search criteria. For example, searching for Smith, J will also produce Smith, John in the results.

Here is how to limit your search results (e.g., for Smith, J.):

Unsure about spelling the author’s name? Use Wildcards to replace letters with unknowns:

The hyphen is treated as punctuation and therefore ignored if it is not in an exact phrase. Wildcards must be used with words because they cannot be standalone. When an hyphen is placed between a wildcard and a word, the wildcard will be dropped.

• Author last name: Smith-*
• Author last name: Jones and Affiliation: *-smithsonian

It is also possible to search an Author in Advanced Search with their author ID. For example: AU-ID(000000000)

Multiple author IDs can be searched as well: For example: AU-ID(000000000) OR AU-ID(111111111) OR AU-ID(222222222)

Any author search field Codes can be used with OR between them to search multiple authors.

An affiliation search returns a list of institutions with links to documents and a summary of the institution's research areas, collaborations, and publications.

To search for documents and authors within those affiliations:

• From the Scopus homepage , select the 'Affiliations' tab.
• Enter the name of an institution in the 'Search affiliations' field.
• Select the arrow to search.

Affiliation search tips

• AND NOT e.g., ‘KEY(mouse AND NOT cat OR dog)’ is interpreted as ‘KEY((mouse) AND NOT (cat OR dog))’
• To search for a specific phrase, enclose the terms in double quotes (" ") or, for an exact match, brackets ({}).

Use these characters (wildcards) to find variations of a word:

Note: The hyphen is treated as punctuation and therefore ignored if it is not in an exact phrase. Wildcards must be used with words because they cannot be standalone. When an hyphen is placed between a wildcard and a word, the wildcard will be dropped.

• Affiliation name: micro-*

For example, you can enter Técnicas or Tecnicas for your search. Searching for Tecnicas returns results for e as well as é.

Here are some different field codes you could use:

You can combine two or more searches with the operators OR , AND , and AND NOT using Combine queries.

• From the Scopus homepage , select the 'Search history' tab.
• Choose two or more searches and select 'Combine queries' .
• From the Combine queries page, select the desired operator from the operator dropdown for each query combination. Note: Select an operator from the Change all operators dropdown to syncronize all operators.
• Select 'Show results' to view the results of the combined query.

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In Scopus you can search by Documents, Authors or Affiliations.  For details of the Author and Affiliation search please see the Author and Affiliation tabs.

Document search

Documents include journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, articles in press and data papers. Follow the steps below to learn how to perform a basic document search:

• By default, Scopus will search in the Article title, Abstract and Keywords of documents
• You can specify in which fields to search using the drop-down menu [2]
• Use the +Add search field [3]  option to add additional fields 
• Each new search field is combined using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT [4]
• Select Add date range [5] to either select a publication date range or to specify an "added to Scopus" date range
• To see a complete list of advanced field codes, select Advanced document search [6]
• Your Search History is displayed with the option to Set Alert [7] to notify you by email of new search results in Scopus that match that search
• Select More [8] to save an important query or to delete a query
• To combine queries from your history, choose two or more searches and select Combine queries [9]

Document results page

Editing your search, saving your search and setting alerts

• Saving your search and setting up alerts  [1]
• Quickly review or edit your search from the top of the page [2]
• By default, the search results are sorted by date. Use the ‘Sort by’ drop-down menu to sort in a different order. [3]

Refine your results [4]   From the left-hand menu, you can:

• Search within your results
• Author name
• Open Access type (learn more about the Open Access filter below)
• Subject area
• Publication stage
• Affiliation
• Funding sponsor

Registered users can sign in to:

• Save searches
• Set up alerts to be notified when new documents are added to Scopus that match this search
• Learn how to become a registered user

Export results

Export selected search results [5]   to various file types, reference managers and platforms : 

• RIS format (for import into EndNote

Analyze search results

Analyze Search Results button [6]

Use this feature to gain further insights into any list of document results.

Search Tips

Search Tips in Scopus

• loose phrase, use double quotation marks
• “heart attack” will search for documents where heart and attack appear together
• asterisk is a wildcard
• “criminal* insan*” finds criminally insane and criminal insanity. 
• exact phrase, enclose the phrase in braces  { }

Note: {heart-attack} and {heart attack} return different results, as the first will search for results that contain a hyphen between heart and attack

• Discover more search tips in the Support Center A full guide to boolean and proximity operators, loose and exact phrases, special characters, and other search tips. 

Secondary documents

Scopus also features non-Scopus references, called ‘secondary documents’, which are not indexed in our database for three possible reasons:

• They are retrieved from the references or citations of the documents that are covered by Scopus
• Scopus is unable to match documents with certainty due to incomplete or incorrect data
• There is missing content

To view these non-Scopus references, click ‘S econdary documents ’ above your search results.

• Learn more about secondary documents

Cited reference search

Scopus provides the ability to search the list of cited references in articles, books, etc. If the reference which you are starting with is very relevant to your research, other related publications have probably cited references that are also relevant to your research. Cited reference searching is a useful extension to your standard keyword search.

• Learn how to perform a cited reference search

Open Access filters

Refine your results  [4]

On the document details page, you can filter by Open Access types,   including:

• All open access
• Gold: Documents that are in journals that only publish open access
• Hybrid Gold:  Documents that are in journals that provide authors the choice of publishing open access
• Bronze:  Published version of record or manuscript accepted for publication; the publisher has chosen to provide temporary or permanent free access
• Green:  Published version or manuscript accepted for publication, available at the repository
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In Scopus you can search by Documents, Authors or Affiliations.

Document search

Documents include journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, articles in press and data papers. Follow the steps below to learn how to perform a basic document search:

• By default, Scopus will search in the Article title, Abstract and Keywords of documents
• You can specify in which fields to search using the drop-down menu [2].
• Use the +Add search field [3] option to add additional fields
• Each new search field is combined using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT [4]
• To see a complete list of advanced field codes, select Advanced document search [5]

Author search

When you search by authors, you can search by last and/or first name. You also have the option to search by ORCID iD.

• Start your author search

Document results page

Refine search results

Refine your results [2]

From the left-hand menu, you can:

• Search within your results
• Select only open access documents (learn more about the Open Access filter below)
• Access Type
• Publication Year
• Affiliation
• Author Name
• Subject Area

Analyze search results

Analyze Search Results button [4]

Use this feature to gain further insights into any list of document results.

Cited reference search

Scopus provides the ability to search the list of cited references in articles, books, etc. If the reference which you are starting with is very relevant to your research, other related publications have probably cited references which are also relevant to your research. Cited reference searching is a useful extension to your standard keyword search.

• Learn how to perform a cited reference search

Search tips

Search Tips in Scopus

• loose phrase, use double quotation marks “heart attack” will search for documents where heart and attack appear together
• asterisk is a wildcard “criminal* insan*” finds criminally insane and criminal insanity.
• exact phrase, enclose the phrase in braces  { }

Note: {heart-attack} and {heart attack} return different results, as the first will search for results that contain a hyphen between heart and attack

• Discover more search tips in the Support Center A full guide to boolean and proximity operators, loose and exact phrases, special characters, and other search tips.

Limit your search

Filter options:

• Choose from 'All years' or a range of years by using the drop down arrows (the default is 'All years')
• Specify 'Anytime' or within the last 7, 14 or 30 days by using the drop down arrow (the default is 'Anytime')

Affiliation search

When you search by affiliation, just type the affiliation's name. The search will begin to auto-populate.

• Start your affiliation search

Saving your search and setting alerts

Saving your search and setting up alerts [1]

Quickly review or edit your search from the top of the page. Registered users can sign in to:

• Save searches
• Set up alerts to be notified when new documents are added to Scopus that match this search

Learn how to become a registered user

Export results

Export selected search results [3] to:

• RIS format (for import into EndNote)

Open Access filters

On the document details page, you can filter by Open Access types, including:

• Gold open: Documents that are in journals which only publish open access
• Hybrid Gold: Documents that are in journals which provide authors the choice of publishing open access
• Bronze: Published version of record or manuscript accepted for publication; the publisher has chosen to provide temporary or permanent free access
• Green: Published version or manuscript accepted for publication, available at repository

Secondary documents

Scopus also features non-Scopus references, called ‘secondary documents’, which are not indexed in our database for three possible reasons:

• They are retrieved from the references or citations of the documents that are covered by Scopus
• Scopus is unable to match documents with certainty due to incomplete or incorrect data
• There is missing content

To view these non-Scopus references, click ‘ View secondary documents ’ above your search results.

• Learn more about secondary documents
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Use the 'Documents' search option to search for publications on a particular topic, or other search criteria.

• Enter your first search term in the search box.
• Choose the field you wish to search from the drop-down menu. If you are searching for records on a particular subject or topic you can leave this as the default Article title, Abstract, Keywords .
• To add more search fields click on the + add search field button.
• Choose date limits if required with add date range . Then hit Search.

Document search tips

• The search is not case sensitive.
• A hyphen is considered a space.
• Scopus will automatically search for some variations on words, such as plurals, e.g. criterion will find criteria .
• ‘Stop words’ such as 'the', 'his', 'because' are ignored, unless the phrase is enclosed in quotation marks "".
• The question mark  ? symbol will replace a single character, while an asterisk  * will replace multiple characters, e.g. wom?n will find women or woman ; colour* will find colourful , coloured , etc.
• Boolean searching is available – choose from the drop down boxes when search fields are added, or type in the operators ( AND , OR , AND NOT ).
• Take care if using multiple operators as they are processed in the following order of precedence: OR, AND, AND NOT.

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Search operators explained

The search operators AND and OR are used in searching to combine search terms together.

AND retrieves articles which contain all of your concepts. For example, if you are interested in the use of cognitive behaviour therapy for gambling disorders, you would search for cognitive behaviour therapy AND gambling.

OR retrieves records which contain any of your concepts. For example, you might search for cognitive behaviour therapy OR CBT to retrieve all articles on the topic.

How to search for a phrase in SCOPUS

There are two different ways to search for phrases in Scopus, a loose phrase or an exact phrase.

• Using "quotation marks" will search for a loose phrase, where the words appear together in a fixed order. By default, Scopus automatically includes common variant spellings (eg US/UK) and most plural forms in the search. A loose phrase search can include wildcards, eg "wind turbine*" to match "wind turbine" or "wind turbines"; other punctuation is ignored. Be careful if copy-pasting - Scopus only recognises standard quotation marks "", not smart quotation marks “” which are often added by word processors.
• To search for an exact phrase, use {curly brackets}. This will search only for the exact words as given, ignoring spelling variation or plurals. It will also force matching for punctuation.

"blue bird" = blue bird , blue birds , blue-bird

{blue bird} = blue bird only

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Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and web sources with tools to track, analyze, and visualize research. Scopus provides access to a broad portfolio of peer-reviewed content from around the world. 

Scopus includes the records from the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases, among other included sources. Scopus uses four broad subject areas:  Physical Sciences , Health Sciences , Social Sciences, and Life Sciences . 

Scopus allows users to:

• Search for articles, conference proceedings,trade publications, and book chapters on a topic
• Find author information, such as H-index, and lists of publications
• Locate Impact metrics for a journal title using SNIP, SJR, and CiteScore
• Perform citation searches on known articles
• Identify promising journals in which to publish
• Match an organization with its research output
• Locate potential collaborators or subject experts
• Manage your impact with your ORCID ID
• Set Citation Alerts

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Below is the Scopus search screen. Enter your first search term into the search field. If you have more than one concept to your search, select "Add Search Field" to add additional search fields, or conduct separate searches and combine them later using the "Search" button. 

Scopus does NOT have MeSH terms  or other subject headings on which to search. 

Scopus defaults to searching an article's Title, Abstract and Keywords.  You can change this in Advanced (see the tab to the left for information on Advanced searching).

Adapted from Rush University Library's  "Scopus User Guide"

On the Advanced search form, you can create a search using field codes, proximity operators, or boolean operators to narrow the scope of the search.

To create an advanced search, Click "Advanced Search" from the main search page

To search for keywords in an article's title or abstract, type in  TITLE-ABS before your search terms.  Be sure to use parentheses!  For example, this is correct:  (TITLE-ABS( children OR pediatrics))   but this is not correct:  TITLE-ABS children OR pediatrics

When doing a Boolean search, Scopus insists that parentheses be used correctly.  If you get a message about a Syntax Error, check your (( )).

Scopus needs Boolean operators (AND, OR) to be capitalized.  To exclude in Scopus, you must use AND NOT (not just 'NOT').

Scopus is a great place to look for information about a particular author's published works.    You can start your search for information on Scopus's main search page by clicking "Authors."  While Scopus is a compilation of peer-reviewed articles, it is not comprehensive, so keep in mind that you will only see information about the articles that have been indexed into Scopus.

Type in the author's last name, and first name if it will be helpful to locate them.  It is often a good idea to put an Affiliation as well.

The author's information will appear.  To see all their published work that has been indexed into Scopus, click the box in front of their name and then click "Show documents."

If you are checking on your own citations and notice that you have more than one listing, click "Request to merge authors."

If this is your information and there are multiple BOXES for your name, you can merge them by clicking the "Request to merge authors" link and following the steps.

For a visual representation of this author's work, click the box for All, then "View citation information."

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To find citation counts in Scopus

• Go to the  Scopus database
• Search by the document's title
• In the results list, look in the far-right hand column for the citation count.
• To see what documents cited the document, click on the citation count.

By registering as a Scopus user, you are able to create search, document, and author alert s to stay up-to-date at your desired frequency. Use these alerts to receive email notices when new documents are loaded on Scopus. From the Alerts page, you can create alerts, view the latest results for an alert, edit alerts, and delete alerts. There is no limit on the number of alerts you can create.

A Search alert is a saved search that you can schedule to run at certain intervals. If any new results are found, you will receive an email with the first 25 results and a link into Scopus to access all new results. You must be logged in to set an alert or work with your saved alerts.

To set a new search alert:

• From the  D ocument Search page, perform a new search. The Search results page opens.
• From the search results page, click  Set alert . The Set Alert pop-up appears.
• Set the frequency and day of week to start alerts.

To set an author alert:

• From the Author page, perform a new search. The Search results page opens.
• From the search results page, click an author's name. The author details page opens.
• From the author details page, click  Get citation alerts . The Set Alert Author Citation Alert pop-up opens.

To set a document alert:

• From the Document search page, perform a new search. The Search results page opens.
• From the search results page, click an document's name. The Document details page opens.
• From the Document details page, click  Set citation alerts . The Set Document Citation Alert pop-up opens.

To export items to SciWheel, EndNote, Zotero, or another citation manager, look in the grey bar (found at the top of your search results) for the words "RIS Export."   Note that you can also email citations (with links) to yourself in this bar.

You can export or email individual citations using the links in this bar, or you can save citations into a List and export/email the entire list at once by using the List function.  See "Saving Items in a List" in the tabs to the left for more information. 

The drop-down arrow next to "RIS Export" provides options for what information you'd like to export.  We recommend checking of all boxes so that all information is sent.

>Analyze Search Results

Scopus offers several built-in functions for analyzing search results.  You can find these options here:

The analysis tools provide a summary view of aspects of the search results, such as counts of publications:

• By document source (ex. Journal Title)
• By affiliation (author organization)
• By document type (ie. journal article, book chapter, etc.)
• And several other criterion

With Scopus, you can create a bibliography of articles on the fly. 

1. Select the articles in your search set that you would like to include in your bibliography. You can do this by checking off the boxes of the articles you want, or by using the "add to list" feature to just add those articles you want. When you add the articles to the list, your list will open. From there, select all. 

2.  Click on the three dots at the top right that indicate "more menu options".  Select the option "Create Bibliography".

3. Select which format you want (HTML or text) and select the appropriate citation style. Click on "Create Bibliography".

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Document Search is the default search page in Scopus. Select from a variety of search fields including article title, abstract, keyword, author name, publication date, and references. Scopus searches the bibliographic record, not the full-text of documents. 

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• Choose specific terms that are closely related to your research topic, including terms you might use when discussing your topic with a colleague such as jargon, synonyms, and abbreviations.
• Scopus searches are  not  case sensitive.
• AND  limits search results, finding articles with both terms
• OR  broadens results, finding articles with either term
• NOT  eliminates terms from the results, finding articles with one term but not the other
• Add an asterisk (*) to replace multiple characters in a word (eg. biol* returns biology, biologist)
• Add a question mark (?) to replace a single character (eg. disrupt?rs for disrupters and disruptors)
• PRE/#  means "precedes by," meaning your first term must precede the second by # number of terms. 
• W# means "within," meaning your search terms must be within # number of terms of each other. 
• Use {brackets} to search for an exact phrase, and quotation marks to search for approximate phrases.
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In Scopus, it is possible to sort a list of documents by a date, author, source title, citedness, or by "relevance".

By default, the results are sorted on date, with the most recently published first.

"Relevance" is a term that often causes confusion. If you or I say "I found some really relevant papers on Scopus", it means that we found articles that match the idea we had in our minds when we started searching. Relevance for humans is something subjective.

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In this video tutorial, we follow a doctoral student who wants to expand a search on face recognition technology and the use of photonics. You will learn how to search using cited references, as well as view related documents based on shared references, authors and keywords.

Note:  The Scopus interface has been updated since this video was created. The links to secondary documents, patents and datasets are now at the top of search results. DataSearch has been renamed Mendeley Data, and the number of results may have increased with the indexing of additional content.

Note:   For the best viewing experience, select the double arrows at the bottom right of the player to view the video at full screen. You can also  download a written transcript  (Links to an external site.) of the video tutorial.

Tom is a doctoral student who will be defending his dissertation next year. He wants to make sure he has not missed any key literature in his research area of face recognition technology and the use of photonics. He wants you to help him expand his search in Scopus to find other articles that may be relevant.

Before you watch the next video tutorial, see if you can help Tom with the following tasks. You may even wish to record your results and the steps you have taken so you can compare them with the video tutorial afterwards.

• Decide which search terms you will use for your search, keeping in mind that using wildcard asterisks and loose phrase quotation marks will broaden your search results.
• Record the number of results.
• The list of documents that have gone on to cite the documents you are viewing.
• The list of documents that have been cited by the documents featured in your search results.
• The list of related documents for your list of results.
• Where he can access Mendeley Data (previously DataSearch) results.

Now see how your results and steps compare with those in the video tutorial.

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In this video tutorial, we follow a graduate student who wants to find articles on pancreatitis published in the subject area veterinary science. You will learn how to conduct advanced searches using field codes. 

Note:  The Scopus interface has been updated since this video was created. The links to secondary documents, patents and datasets (via Mendeley Data) are now at the top of search results.

Note:  For the best viewing experience, select the double arrows at the bottom right of the player to view the video at full screen. You can also  download a written transcript (Links to an external site.)  of the video tutorial. This video was recorded in 2018; the number of results may differ with the indexing of new content in Scopus.

Tom, the doctoral student researching face recognition technology and the use of photonics, is aware of two influential authors in his research area: K. Picos and P.K. Banerjee. He would now like to find articles about face recognition and photonics in which either Picos or Banerjee appear as the first author. In this exercise, you show him how to do this by using advanced search with additional fields.

• Select Advanced to go to the advanced search screen.
• Select the Title, Abstract, Keyword field code, add the term “fac* recog*” AND photonics

Select the Document field code First Author Name (FIRSTAUTH), add the authors Picos OR Banerjee 

(Tip: Expand all field codes to make sure you find the correct field code.)

• Add the appropriate Boolean operator in between your two search fields.
• Run search and review your results.

Note: Refer to the  answer key (Links to an external site.)  for this assignment to check your results.

You have now completed lesson two. When you are ready, please move on to the next lesson.

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On the Scopus home page, you will see several options for performing a document search. Select your search method (ex: article title, abstract, keyword).  Enter the title or keywords from the title for the article which you would like to target with your citation search. 

Once you complete your search you will see a list of articles that match the criteria of your search.  If you were not specific enough in your initial search, you may need to narrow your terms. 

From there you can access cited articles in one of two ways.  You can either see all articles that cite your article by click on the number in the "Cited by" column.  Or you can select your article and choose "View Citation Overview."

The Citation Overview allows a range of different options.  Most notably you can narrow the date range of citations as well as view only citations for a particular year.  You can either click on the number for the year you wish to look, or clock on the number under "Total" to view the citations.

If you wish to do a citation search by Author, you can select the Author option on the Scopus home page.  You must enter at least the last name to perform an author search.

Once you complete your search you will see a list of articles that match the criteria of your search.  If you were not specific enough in your initial search, you may need to include the author's first name.

After you locate the author you are searching for, you will need to click the number under the documents column.   Depending on how prolific the author you are researching is, you may need to narrow further.  You can do that by searching within your results.

Once you have located the article you wish to view citations for, you can access cited articles in one of two ways.  You can either see all articles that cite your article by click on the number in the "Cited by" column.  Or you can select your article and choose "View Citation Overview."

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Students, faculty and staff at York College have access to Scopus on campus and remotely using the CUNY Login.

Scopus  is a large  abstract and citation database  of peer-reviewed journal articles, books, conference proceedings and patents. It includes:

• 21,950+ peer-reviewed journals (including over 3,600 full open access journals and "Articles-in-Press” from over 8,000 journals)
• 8 million+ conference papers (proceedings and journals)
• 150,000+ books & book series
• 280 trade publications
• 39 million+ patent records

Scopus does not have full articles, but it will link to the articles in York Library when available. For a very simple way to automatically get PDFs from Scopus, you can add the LibKey Nomad browser extension. (See also: installing LibKey Nomad )

Scopus Search Tips

• In the search box, enter your search terms or phrases. These are your topic keywords -- you might need to try combinations of keywords to find the most relevant results.
• Using the drop-down menu, choose the field that the terms should appear in. The default choice is Article title, Abstract, Keywords which will look for your keywords in these parts of every article. You can also choose other options, such as author or source title.
• You can add more text boxes by clicking  [+] next to the dropdown to add search fields. You can add as many as you like, but remember you can always add more later if you need them. Scopus has a "search within results" feature that lets you continue to narrow your search results as needed.
• If you use more than one text box, you need to select an operator from the drop-down list.

• AND: Results will contain ALL terms listed. This narrows your search.
• OR: Results will contain ONE of the terms listed. This broadens your search.
• AND NOT: Results must not contain this term. This helps exclude specific results.

Once you have entered your keywords, hit Search.

You can further  Limit  your search with additional options. 

• Published: Limit your search to articles published within a range of years.
• Added to Scopus in the last  n  days: Limit your search to documents that have been added to Scopus in the last 7, 14, or 30 days.
• Document Type : Article, Book, Review, Conference Paper, etc.
• Access Type: You can limit to Open Access documents only

You can also check out the Scopus Document Search Tutorial video , which will demonstrate how to enter search terms and specify fields, make a search more specific to narrow your results, and how to work with previous searches from the current session.

For more help,  contact a librarian  or check out this  tutorial on working with document search results .

On the Advanced search form, you can create a search using field codes, proximity operators, or Boolean operators to narrow the scope of the search. For example:

• ALL("ear infection") and AUTHOR-NAME(jones)
• TITLE-ABS-KEY(food allergies child*) and PUBYEAR > 2003
• SRCTITLE(*field ornith*) AND VOLUME(15) and ISSUE(3) AND PAGES(67-99)
• See  Field Codes  for more information on creating search strings.

To create an advanced search:

• Enter your search terms using proximity or Boolean operators as necessary to connect them.
• As you are typing, Scopus may highlight suggested codes, provide code definitions, and suggest examples that you may want to use.
• Click Search.

To view your search in outline form:

If you are constructing a complex search, you can click Outline query before you hit search to view your results in outline form.

• Outline query  lets you view your search in outline form. Results will display each section of your search starting with an operator on a separate line.
• Compact query  lets you return to the normal form of the search.

As always, you can  ask a librarian  for more help or check out the support center for more advanced search tips !

• Multiple words ( new york city ) entered into the search box will retrieve references containing ALL of the words ( new OR   york  OR city)
• Use double quotes to search for a phrase ("heart attack").     
• The asterisk * is the wildcard and will search for any word that starts with what you have before it -- toxic* will search for toxic, toxicology, toxicity, etc.
• Entering either British or American spelling (color, colour) will search for both variations.
• Searching for a singular noun (ribosome) will also search for plural nouns and possessives (ribosomes, ribosome's).

Search within Results :

• Use this search box to enter additional keywords to narrow your results.

Refine Results:

• Use the checkboxes in the sidebar to filter your results by year or date range, subject area, document type, source type, author, affiliation, and more.
• Limit to  changes the results list to display only the items you selected.
• Exclude  removes the items you selected from the results list. 

For any kind of search, once you have retrieved a list of documents, you can click the  Analyze Results  button in the top left corner of the results box to open up the analytics tools. Each tab contains data visualizations and charts that can downloaded, filtered, and so on. Metrics include publication year, source, authors, affiliations, country, document type, and subject area. 

Elsevier has created a number of visual tutorials to demonstrate different tools and techniques in Scopus.

You can find all the visual tutorials and text transcripts at the Scopus Support Hub .

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Search for records from our product indexes. Successful searches are added to the Search History table. Remember to follow all applicable search rules when creating search queries.

Adding a new field sets the second field to the AND operator. You can change the AND operator to OR or NOT.

Your settings are applied to all product databases in your subscription package; administrators may set one to three search fields to display as the default search fields for their institution.

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To perform a document search, select the field you want to search and type a term in the search field. To add more than one search criterion, click Add Row . Select a Boolean operator and click Search .

The Web of Science Core Collection and All Database Search includes AI enabled Topic and Keyword suggestions. This feature is available to all users who perform basic or advanced search in All Data Bases and WoS Core Collection on Web of Science.

Users can modify search by selecting from algorithm generated author keywords and topic suggestions or by inputing free text in the search box. This feature enhances search experience by providing search term suggestions that can help narrow down search and improve search results relevance.

Quick add keywords

On the search results page, users will be presented with a list of keywords. These additional keywords are provided as relevant selections to the search, thus helping users to complete or modify query quickly and effectively.

Add Keyword Topic Suggestions

When users click ‘Add Keywords’, they can enter free text or use automatically generated topic suggestions. As users start typing the keyword, topic suggestions are provided in real time which can be selected to help compete their search query. This feature can help users save time and refine a search by suggesting relevant topics related to a research field and help users explore various aspects of the topic of interest.

Add ‘Free Text’ keywords

When users click on ‘Add Keywords’, the free text bar allows users to directly enter their own search terms, enabling users to search for specific terms that are important to their research.

Simplified Boolean Logic (Should Include, Must Include & Do Not Include)

When a user selects to add one keyword, this is ‘Should Include’ (OR) by default. However, when users select at least 2 keywords (or multiple keywords), they can select to manage search logic from 3-Dot menu to help complete their query with Boolean logic easily and effectively

AI Enabled Search only works when searching All Databases or Web of Science Core Collection.

All database products within the Web of Science platform includes a spellchecker that checks your search queries against common spellings and their variants to determine if alternative spellings exist that would improve your search results.

If the system determines that an alternative spelling exists, a Did You Mean text box appears offering you an alternative search query. The tool checks full terms and not truncated terms or terms within quotation marks.

For example:

• Did You Mean: Topic=(suggested search terms) [NNN results]
• Did You Mean: (Topic=(suggested search terms) AND Author=(author name)) [NNN results]

When you select the Did You Mean suggestion, a new search opens and takes you to the results page. The original search and the Did You Mean search both display in the Search History .

If no results are found, and there are no Did You Mean suggestions, you will get a list search tips to help return better results.

The product uses an implicit AND operator when you enter two or more adjacent terms in most fields. For example, entering rainbow trout fish farm in the search field is equivalent to entering rainbow AND trout AND fish AND farm ; both queries return the same number of results.

See more about search operators.

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Scopus is considered by many to be the primary competitor to the Web of Science database for citation analysis and journal ranking statistics.

The Scopus web site claims this database is the "largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research." It is more international in coverage than Web of Science and the Scopus interface is simple and intuitive to use.

Find the Citation Count for a Publication

• Access Scopus (sign in for off-campus use, if necessary)  
• Using the drop-down menu on the basic search option, select "Source Title" then enter the title of the journal and click the search button.

• The resulting list of articles are all of those which cited something in the particular journal title you searched.

Be aware: The citation count will only include the number of times the publication was cited by articles from the journals that Scopus covers.  Scopus does not count citations from every journal published around the world, nor does this method count all citations from books, conference proceedings, dissertations/theses, patents, technical reports or other types of publications.

Find the Correct Author in Scopus

Author search.

Be Aware: Look at the subject area and affiliation for each author listed. Multiple listings may in fact be referencing the same person.

Finding an Author Profile

For a quick report on a specific author which contains detailed information including then number of documents by this author in Scopus, number of times the author is cited within Scopus, co-authors, subject areas, h-index and other tools to analyze this author click on the author's name. 

You can also access these same details on an author anywhere an author's name is listed within Scopus. Click on an author's name from a list of search results or from an individual title and abstract record. 

Analyze Search Results by Author Name

In Scopus you can analyze any set of search results to find useful information about journals, authors over time. This option provides charts and graphs so you can quickly see the journal titles where an author published the journals which have published the most articles from your search results. 

• In which journals has this author published?
• In what years?
• What types of documents; book chapters, editorials, research articles, etc.?
• What are the primary subject areas for a specific author?
• Search by author name

• Use the various tabs to see analyzes of where and when this author published, which types of articles or documents were published and in which subject areas. 

Analyze a Journal

Analyze a journal in  Scopus

• Find out which authors have published the most articles in a specific journal
• These authors' affiliations and countries
• Types of documents/articles published in a chosen journal
• Primary subject areas covered in a chosen journal

• Check the box to select all the results and then click on Analyze search results.  

Analyze Any List of Results

You may find interesting information about the history of terminology in a subject area by analyzing your results in Scopus. The example search below gives you some idea on when the abbreviation AYA started being used in medicine to identify the specific population group Adolescents and Young Adults in cancer research related to oncology. 

• Select all the documents from this search and click the link to Analyze results .  

Eliminate Self-Citations From a Citation Count

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• Select the "Author Search" tab on the Scopus search page.
• Enter the last name of an author and the first initial for the broadest search.
• Select one or more names from the list of results, based on affiliation, subject area and location.
• Click on the "View Citation Overview" button at the top of the list of results.
• You will be taken to the Citation Overview page for this/these authors.
• In the "Overview Options" box at the top of this page choose to exclude "self citations from selected authors" by checking the appropriate box.
• Click the "Update Overview" button to remove these self-citations.

Create a Citation Analysis Report for a Department or Research Center

For approximate* results for analyzing research output of a specific department or school within an institution use Advanced search in  Scopus.

• From the default search form, select the Advanced search tab
• From the list of advanced search codes double-click on the code AFFILORG, which stands for Affiliation Organization. Double-clicking the term will add it to the advanced search box. 
• In the parentheses following this code in the search box enter the name of the university or institution and combine it with w/5 followed by department or school key words

Example searches:

• AFFILORG ("University of Michigan" w/5 "psychology")
• AFFILORG ("University of Michigan" w/5 "school of social work")
• AFFILORG ("University of Michigan" w/5 neurosurgery) 

NOTE: Connecting terms with w/5 means simply means you are searching for these phrases or key words within 5 words of each other in this field. This method can be used to refine any search in Scopus and the number can range from 0 to 255. 

Once you have a list of results using this search you can select the entire list and analyze search results and view citation overview reports get information on publications written by your specific school, department or institution. 

* For a more thorough method of evaluating scholarly output by school or department perform author searches for each individual within a department or school and then combine these searches using search history and the connector OR, under advanced search.  It is also important to note that Scopus does not have complete citation information for articles published before 1996.

Determine What Journal Articles Have Cited a Publication

This section will explain how to find the number of times a particular article has been cited within the Scopus database.

• For any title in a list of search results, scroll over the number at the far right of the document record. You will see that this number is the times others have cited this article.   

• The number of times an article has been cited by others is a form of measuring the value of that article. 

Find an Author's Most Highly Cited Paper

• Access Scopus ​
• Follow the instructions above for Author Search.  
• Click on the appropriate authors name to view all articles written by this person.  
• The list of documents associated with an author is sorted by date, with the most recently published document at the top of the list. To change this sort option so that you can quickly see the articles cited the most by others click on the  "cited by" link at the top, right of the list of results. This will re-sort the results so that the most cited article is at the top of the list. 

Find the Most Highly Cited Papers in a Journal

This method can only be used for journals covered in Scopus; variant citations are not included in the citation determination.

• Access Scopus (sign in for off campus use, if necessary)  
• Use the default search option "document search" but select  "Source Title" from the dropdown menu, enter the full journal title and click the search button.  

•   On the results page, click on the column header "Cited by" at the far right to sort the resulting articles by times cited. The article which has been cited the most times will appear at the top of the list of results.

Set Up a Citation Alert for a Journal Article

• Access Scopus (sign in for off campus use, if necessary)
• Use the "Document Search" or "Author Search to find a specific article. 
• Click on the title of the document for which you want to receive notification when it is cited. 
• In the Cited by box at the right, click on the "E-mail Alert" link.

• To edit or remove an alert, click on the "My Alerts" button at the top of the page, just under the Scopus header; when your alerts are displayed, click the "Edit" link to edit the alert or select the alert and click the "Delete" button a specific alert from your list.  Alerts are automatically set for one year.

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In December 2020, Scopus introduced Open Access (OA) filters, providing greater clarity on the type of OA options for a given search results list. With this feature Scopus users could see OA Gold, Hybrid-Gold, Bronze or Green status per document. The Scopus advanced search page was also updated to allow users to build custom queries to include these OA statuses. If users have a need to split out “Green Open Access” into “Green accepted” or “Green final” they can do so on the Advanced search page and via the Scopus APIs.  Additional OA functionality was added to Scopus in January 2022 with full-text access links to OA articles, when available.   

What is changing with Scopus OA tagging? 

Our data source since the introduction of Scopus OA functionality has been Unpaywall, a database run by OurResearch (a non-profit organization) which harvests OA content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories. Our initial OA classification definitions were conceptually similar to the ones used by Unpaywall. However, our implementation differed slightly due to the application of some additional, more strict rules for Scopus.  

Starting April 2024, we will change the Scopus OA tagging policy to fully align with the Unpaywall definitions.  This policy will also affect Scopus and other databases using article level OA tags including SciVal and Compendex.  The following table outlines Elsevier OA labels which will be used for existing OA content and OA content moving forward.    

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How will aligning the Scopus OA policy with Unpaywall affect existing documents? 

This change will result in changes to roughly 2 million OA tags in Scopus.  This represents roughly 8.4% of the 24 million+ OA items currently in Scopus.  The change will result in documents shifting their classification status either from bronze to hybrid or gold, or from hybrid to gold. The change will not cause items to lose OA status, or for non-OA items to become OA.   It also only affects the classification of a subset of OA items. 

Where can I use the OA filters in Scopus? 

If you are not familiar with using OA filters in Scopus, here are steps to apply OA filters in a basic search window. 

• When performing a Scopus search, search filters appear to the left of the screen. Click on the arrow icon to the right of Open Access to see a list OA classifications  

• Check off boxes next to the OA document classification(s) (All open access, Green, Gold, Bronze and Hybrid gold) you want to exclude from or include in your search. (Your selections will be highlighted in orange) 

• Click on the Exclude or Limit to buttons based on your search needs.  The OA filter will be applied, and your selection will be graphically shown in the OA filter 

How can I access OA documents? 

Depending on the OA document type, Scopus will may provide links to access full article text.  For example, with the example Gold OA document below users can: 

• Click on the View PDF article   
• Click on the arrow icon to the right of Full text options and choose from a list of available document sources 

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FILE - The sign in front of an AT&T retail store is seen in Miami, July 18, 2019. The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said Saturday, March 30, 2024. In an announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the dark web contains information including some Social Security numbers and passcodes for about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

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NEW YORK (AP) — The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend.

In a Saturday announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information including some Social Security numbers and passcodes for about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders.

Whether the data “originated from AT&T or one of its vendors” is still unknown, the Dallas-based company noted — adding that it had launched an investigation into the incident. AT&T has also begun notifying customers whose personal information was compromised.

Here’s what you need to know.

WHAT INFORMATION WAS COMPROMISED IN THIS BREACH?

Although varying by each customer and account, AT&T says that information involved in this breach included Social Security numbers and passcodes — which, unlike passwords, are numerical PINS that are typically four digits long.

Full names, email addresses, mailing address, phone numbers, dates of birth and AT&T account numbers may have also been compromised. The impacted data is from 2019 or earlier and does not appear to include financial information or call history, the company said.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I WAS AFFECTED?

Consumers impacted by this breach should be receiving an email or letter directly from AT&T about the incident. The email notices began going out on Saturday, an AT&T spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press.

WHAT ACTION HAS AT&T TAKEN?

Beyond these notifications, AT&T said that it had already reset the passcodes of current users. The company added that it would pay for credit monitoring services where applicable.

AT&T also said that it “launched a robust investigation” with internal and external cybersecurity experts to investigate the situation further.

HAS AT&T SEEN DATA BREACHES LIKE THIS BEFORE?

AT&T has seen several data breaches that range in size and impact over the years .

While the company says the data in this latest breach surfaced on a hacking forum nearly two weeks ago, it closely resembles a similar breach that surfaced in 2021 but which AT&T never acknowledged, cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt told the AP Saturday.

“If they assess this and they made the wrong call on it, and we’ve had a course of years pass without them being able to notify impacted customers,” then it’s likely the company will soon face class action lawsuits, said Hunt, founder of an Australia-based website that warns people when their personal information has been exposed.

A spokesperson for AT&T declined to comment further when asked about these similarities Sunday.

HOW CAN I PROTECT MYSELF GOING FORWARD?

Avoiding data breaches entirely can be tricky in our ever-digitized world, but consumers can take some steps to help protect themselves going forward.

The basics include creating hard-to-guess passwords and using multifactor authentication when possible. If you receive a notice about a breach, it’s good idea to change your password and monitor account activity for any suspicious transactions. You’ll also want to visit a company’s official website for reliable contact information — as scammers sometimes try to take advantage of news like data breaches to gain your trust through look-alike phishing emails or phone calls.

In addition, the Federal Trade Commission notes that nationwide credit bureaus — such as Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — offer free credit freezes and fraud alerts that consumers can set up to help protect themselves from identity theft and other malicious activity.

AP Reporter Matt O’Brien contributed to this report from Providence, Rhode Island.

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Many startup or boot issues are caused by minor problems that are easily corrected. Before recovering your computer, try to determine if other, non-destructive, corrective actions will fix the problem.

For more information, see HP PCs - Computer does not boot or start .

Back up important files

HP recommends that you back up your files on an external drive or CD/DVD on a regular basis. Scheduled backups can help you recover some, if not all, of your information in the event that something happens to the original files on your computer.

Factory resetting your computer destroys all the files on the hard drive . If you did not back up your files before running a factory reset, the computer might display a prompt to make a backup copy of your files before the reset performs any action that erases or deletes files.

For more information on backing up your important files, see HP PCs - Back up your files (Windows 11, 10) .

Complete a Microsoft System Restore

If your computer develops a problem, perform a Microsoft System Restore before performing a system restore.

The Microsoft System Restore function returns the computer to a restore point, which resets all of the settings for the operating system to those settings that existed at the time the restore point was created. No personal data files, such as email, documents, or pictures are lost. For more information on Microsoft System Restore, see HP PCs - Using Microsoft System Restore .

Know which type of recovery to perform

There are several different types of recovery. See the following tables for more information on recovery options.

Perform a system recovery in Windows

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Solve common Windows recovery issues

The most common cause of recovery issues is interruption of the process or turning off the computer before the recovery and setup is complete.

For more information, see HP PCs - Reset the computer .

Update your computer after system recovery

After performing a system recovery, HP recommends installing updates through Windows Update.

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Poisonous Potato Update

The (s)mashing update you always asked for!

Imagine being a potato. Now imagine being the potato’s less popular sibling who didn’t inherit the tuber-licious looks the rest of your family possesses. What’s worse is – you're facing the impossible decision of what to do with all this starch? Since neither French fries nor couch potato sat right with you, there's only one option remaining. Congratulations friend, you’re a poisonous potato. 

For years, Minecraft’s own toxic tuber has been neglected and underappreciated, lacking both purpose and usefulness. For years, you – the community – tried to highlight this, working tirelessly to bring it to our attention and literally begging us for more functionality. As of today, your concerns are a thing of the past. 

Mojang Studios is proud to release our most well-boiled update to date that will add so much usability to the poisonous potato that even tater-haters will become devoted spud-buds. The Poisonous Potato Update – rich in both carbs AND features! You asked. We delivered. Or maybe you didn’t ask, but we delivered anyway? In any case, it is HERE! 

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Snapshots are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab. You can even play the snapshot on your own Java Realms together with your friends! 

Remember, snapshots can corrupt your world, so please back up your world and/or run the snapshot in a different folder from your main worlds.  

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WHAT CAN I EXPECT IN TERMS OF GAMEPLAY?  

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ARE THERE CURRENTLY ANY OTHER CARB-BASED UPDATES IN THE WORKS? 

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegations: Timeline and what to know

Sean “ Diddy ” Combs has been hit with a wave of civil lawsuits in recent months and is now a subject of a federal investigation, sources have told NBC News.

Federal agents this week executed searches of Combs’ properties , where guns were found, and his phones were seized at an airport as part of a warrant issued from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, law enforcement sources have said.

Since November, Combs has been hit with five lawsuits in New York accusing him of sexual assault, sexual trafficking and engaging in other criminal activity. Combs has denied all of the allegations, calling them sickening.

A source familiar with the matter told NBC News that at least four people have been interviewed about allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms.

Aaron Dyer, an attorney for Combs, described the raids this week as a “gross overuse of military-level force.” Neither Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested, Dyer noted in his statement.

Here are the lawsuits that were filed against Combs prior to the raid. Combs has denied all of the allegations individually through statements by his representatives.

November 2023: Cassie and two others file suit

The singer Cassie, Combs’ former romantic partner, shocked many in November when she filed a civil suit against Combs alleging that the music mogul sexually and physically abused her during the course of their relationship. She filed her case on Nov. 16 under New York state’s Adult Survivors Act, which gave adult victims of sexual violence a one-year window to file civil claims regardless of the statute of limitations.

In the suit, Cassie alleged that Combs raped her, beat her in fits of “uncontrollable rage” and exerted a “tight hold over her life.” She alleged that he would force her to engage in sex acts he called “Freak Offs” with other men, often sex workers whom he’d pay to travel with them, while he watched.

The abuse ranged from 2007 until Cassie left him in late 2018, the suit said.

Combs vehemently denied the allegations from Cassie, whose full name is Casandra Ventura. They settled the suit a day after it was filed.

Joi Dickerson-Neal said Cassie’s lawsuit inspired her to come forward and file a suit against Combs on Nov. 23, a day before the Adult Survivors Act was set to expire.

Dickerson-Neal said that Combs drugged her, sexually assaulted her and recorded the assault without her knowledge while she was a student in 1991. She agreed to have dinner with Combs on Jan. 3, 1991, in Harlem while on winter break from Syracuse University, according to her suit.

It was there that Combs “intentionally drugged” her and then took her to a place where he was staying, the suit said. Dickerson-Neal said she “lacked the physical ability or mental capacity to fend Combs off” as he sexually assaulted her.

She later learned from a male friend that Combs had filmed the assault and showed it to other people, the suit said. Combs denied her allegations.

On the last day of eligibility under the Adult Survivors Act, Liza Gardner filed a lawsuit accusing Combs of sexually assaulting her when she was 16 years old.

Gardner alleged that in either 1990 or 1991 she and a friend met Combs and R&B singer Aaron Hall at an event held by MCA Records in Manhattan. After the party, she was invited back to Hall’s apartment with Combs, the suit said, and the two offered her drinks throughout the night.

Combs then coerced her into having sex, the suit said, leaving Gardner “shocked and traumatized.” Hall barged into the room after Combs was done, pinned her down, and sexually assaulted her, according to the suit.

Hall did not return NBC News’ request for comment on the lawsuit. Combs denied Gardner’s allegations in a statement through his representative.

December 2023: Jane Doe says she was gang-raped at 17

Then in December, a Jane Doe filed a lawsuit alleging that she was gang-raped and sex-trafficked by Combs and Harve Pierre, a former longtime president of Combs’ record label. The unidentified woman said the assault happened in 2003, when she was 17 and Combs was 34.

According to the suit, she met Combs and Pierre at a lounge in Detroit and Combs convinced her to travel with them on a private jet to New York City. Before they left the lounge, the suit said, Pierre smoked crack cocaine and forced Doe to perform oral sex on him.

Doe was taken to a studio in New York City, where Combs, Pierre and a third defendant plied her with “copious amounts of drugs and alcohol,” the suit said. The three men took turns raping her in a bathroom at the studio after she was too inebriated to consent, according to the suit.

The men allegedly left her on the bathroom floor once they were done and she was flown back to Michigan, the suit said. Combs denied the assault allegations and Pierre called the suit “a tale of fiction.”

February 2024: Rodney Jones accuses Combs of ‘RICO enterprise’

In February, a man named Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones alleged in a federal suit that Combs and his associates engaged in “serious illegal activity.”

Jones worked as a producer on Combs’ latest album, but also lived and traveled with him from September 2022 to November 2023, according to his lawsuit. He alleged that during that time he was sexually harassed by Combs, pressured to engage in sexual acts, forced to procure sex workers for Combs and witnessed Combs giving drinks laced with drugs to people at parties.

The suit said that Combs required Jones to “record him constantly,” which resulted in Jones obtaining hours of footage in which Combs and his staff allegedly engaged in criminal conduct. Screenshots of video clips were included in the suit, described as being from parties in which underage girls and sex workers were present.

Jones alleged that Combs was attempting to groom him into having a sexual relationship with him. The lawsuit said that Combs sexually harassed and assaulted Jones while he lived at Combs’ homes in Florida, Los Angeles and New York, as well as on a yacht Combs rented in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Jones alleged that he and another man, Brendan Paul, were asked to travel with drugs and firearms on Combs’ behalf.

In amended filings, Jones additionally accused Combs and his son of being involved in a 2022 shooting at a Los Angeles recording studio , which both men denied.

An attorney for Combs said Jones’ “reckless name-dropping about events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen is nothing more than a transparent attempt to garner headlines.”

March 2024: Combs’ homes searched by federal agents

On March 25, agents with Homeland Security Investigations raided Combs’ properties in Los Angeles and Miami. Three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News that firearms were found at his residences, but no additional details were provided.

At the time of the raids, Combs was on his way to a scheduled trip to the Bahamas and was stopped at a Miami airport prior to departure. Officials seized his cellphones, sources said.

Dyer, one of Combs’ attorneys, issued a statement following the raids and said that Combs “was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities.” He described the raid as an ambush, saying there’s been a rush to judgment based on “meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”

“There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations,” Dyer said. “Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”

Brendan Paul, 25, was arrested at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport at the same time Combs was stopped at the airport. A law enforcement source familiar with the matter confirmed that Paul is a Combs associate. It is currently unclear whether the arrest was related to the raids.

Paul was named as an employee of Combs’ in Jones’ suit, which described him as someone who acquires and distributes drugs and guns on Combs’ behalf. Combs allegedly required Paul and others he paid to carry black pouches that contained drugs such as ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine, marijuana and mushrooms.

A Miami-Dade police report showed Paul was charged with possession of suspected cocaine and suspected marijuana candy, and court records show he was bonded out of custody the next day.

According to the police report, local law enforcement was with agents from Homeland Security and customs officers at the time of Paul’s arrest. The contraband items were found in Paul’s travel bags, the report said.

Paul’s attorney, Brian Bieber, told NBC News, “We do not plan on trying this case in the media — all issues will be dealt with in Court.” A woman who answered the phone at a number listed for Paul hung up on an NBC News reporter.

CORRECTION (April 2, 2024, 9:40 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article misspelled the first name of one of Combs’ accusers. She is Joi Dickerson-Neal, not Joie.

Doha Madani is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News. Pronouns: she/her.

Diana Dasrath is entertainment producer and senior reporter for NBC News covering all platforms.

Andrew Blankstein is an investigative reporter for NBC News. He covers the Western U.S., specializing in crime, courts and homeland security.