Scopus, the abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources, announced that it has partnered with QUOSA to introduce the Document Download Manager, a new tool that enables its users to download and rename multiple full-text articles simultaneously, reducing the procedure from minutes to seconds. In Partnership With QUOSA, Scopus Significantly Reduces the Time Needed to Download and Organize Full-Text Articles.

    With Document Download Manager researchers can initiate the download of up to 50 full-text articles simultaneously from the Scopus results list. In some cases this can be done with as few as three clicks in total versus the approximately 150 clicks needed to do so without the Document Download Manager. The tool, freely available in Scopus, will further save researchers time by automatically renaming the downloaded full-text articles according to a user-chosen naming convention. Traditionally, full-text articles have default names which can vary from a random set of letters and numbers to complicated and lengthy URLs.

    The Document Download Manager will provide the user with the option to choose a meaningful naming convention that will then be accredited to all the articles downloaded via Scopus, enabling the user to organize their files quickly and easily. This service is the outcome of a partnership with QUOSA, the supplier of full-text article retrieval, organization and searching solutions.

    The Document Download Manager will significantly save time on repetitive and laborious tasks. "As we are committed to helping researchers increase their productivity, it is a great pleasure to offer a functionality that significantly reduces the time spent on gathering and organizing information. In the end, it is the analysis that adds value." stated Niels Weertman, Director Scopus.

    "We are very excited about our partnership with Scopus", commented Malcolm MacKenzie, President of QUOSA. "It is a powerful way of extending some of our key functionality to an important user base. Scopus' QUOSA-powered Document Download Manager will be a major boon to researchers as it frees them from some of the tedious aspects of acquiring and managing PDFs. And, of course, it is seamlessly integrated with QUOSA Information Manager's full-article organization function."

    QUOSA Information Manager boosts journal retrieval, search and management capability and efficiency for individual users. QUOSA Virtual Library is a document repository solution that enhances team sharing and alerting. The content that Scopus covers is driven by user demand. A Content Selection and Advisory Board comprising researchers and librarians reviews new sources for inclusion. This helps to ensure relevant information is not omitted.

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