Data Trivia

We need to update the system diagram to indicate our use of Scopus since Scopus since July 2018. Of note, is the loose use of Scopus ID by various parties to refer to either an EID or an scp.

The EID is '2-s2.0-' followed by a 10 or 11 digit number, e.g. 2-s2.0-85074075717

The scps come in various length as strings. We parse them in as numerics losing the leading zeros. Thus to convert an scp to an EID

a) If the scp is 10 or 11 digits just prefix with 2-s2.0- b) If less than 10 digits then pad to the left with zeros till the width is 10 characters, e.g., 12345 beomes 2-s2.0-0000012345

The Scopus search API can handle either EID or scp as a string.