- ScopeDatabase is a free public web search engine for academic publications and literature, developed by a group of Scientific researchers. ScopeDatabase launched in 2008, and calculated metrics manually and our company is incorporated under the Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Tamilnadu, India on 2014. In 2018 we have launched online journal citation metrics calculation website globally named www.sdbindex.com, the tool features an entirely new data structure and search engine using semantic user interface search technologies.