Ang Scopus ay isang database ng mga piling journal na itinuturing nilang de-kalidad/de-kalibre. Pag-aari ito ng Netherlands-based na kumpanyang Elsevier, at isa rin sa mga karaniwang batayan ng mga panukatan (metrics) sa mga pagraranggo ng mga unibersidad sa buong daigdig. Bunsod ng nabanggit na realidad, kapansin-pansin ang pag-iral ng Scopus-sentrismo – —ang pagkiling sa Scopus bilang isa sa mga pangunahing batayan ng de-kalidad na saliksik – sa mga polisiya ng mga unibersidad sa bansa at ng mga ahensiyang pang-edukasyon at/o pampananaliksik. Sa ganitong konteksto, layunin ng papel na ito na 1) makapagbigay ng makabuluhang impormasyon tungkol sa Scopus at sistema ng mga database ng abstrak at citation; 2) mailarawan ang pangingibabaw ng Scopus-sentrismo (lubos na pagpabor/pagkiling sa Scopus bilang pamantayan ng mahusay at tinatanggap na saliksik) sa mga ahensiya ng gobyerno at mga unibersidad sa bansa; at 3) makapagbigay ng kritik sa Scopus-sentrismo sa Pilipinas. Sa pangkalahatan, replikasyon ito ng kahawig na pag-aaral ni Ramon Guillermo hinggil sa Institute for Scientific Information o ISI, na inilathala ng Asian Studies noong 2000. Scopus is a corporate-owned database of selected journals which they consider as high-quality/top-caliber. It is owned by the Netherlands-based company Elsevier, and among the typical bases of metrics used in global university rankings. As a result, Scopus-centrism persists in the policies of Philippine universities and Philippine educational and/or research agencies. In view of this, this paper is aimed at fulfilling the following objectives: 1) present a critical introduction on Scopus and similar systems of abstract and citation databases; 2) describe the dominance of Scopus-centrism among public agencies and universities in the Philippines; and 3) present a critique of Scopus-centrism in the Philippines. In general, this is a replication of Ramon Guillermo’s earlier study on Institute for Scientific Information or ISI, published by Asian Studies in 2000.
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