Step-by-Step: How to Request a Missing Document to be Added to Scopus

2025-07-09
Step-by-Step: How to Request a Missing Document to be Added to Scopus 1. Check Scopus Coverage Criteria

Before submitting a request, ensure that the document:

  • It is already indexed in a journal by Scopus.

  • Meets the Scopus Content Coverage Policy:

    • Scholarly relevance

    • Peer-reviewed content

    • Bibliographic completeness

    • English abstracts

    • Regular publishing schedule

 Review policy: Scopus Content Coverage Guide (Elsevier)

2. Access the Scopus Web Form

Use the official Elsevier support portal to report the missing document:
Scopus: Profile and Content Corrections Web Form

3. Fill in the Web Form

In the form:

  • Your Role: Select whether you are an author, editor, librarian, etc.

  • Contact Reason: Choose "Add Missing Document"

  • Provide Accurate Details:

    • Full journal name

    • Title of the missing article

    • DOI (if available)

    • Volume, issue, and page numbers

    • Publication year

    • Author names

    • Journal ISSN

    • Journal homepage URL

    • PDF of the published article (attach if possible)

 Be clear, accurate, and concise.

4. Submit the Request

Click "Send your question" and note your case number (for tracking).

If the Document is Missing from an Author Profile

Use the Author Feedback Wizard instead:
Scopus Author Feedback Wizard

This is only for already-indexed documents that are not linked to the correct author.