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Maintenance of publication in journals of Scopus database
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- We select journals with high indicators
Why do clients most often choose Scopus?
This is because the indexing of an article in Scopus contributes to the researcher's career development, offering opportunities for thesis defense, obtaining academic titles, or grants for further research.
- Global recognition and visibility of research
- Increased scholarly authority and career growth
- Expansion of international research connections
- Access to high-quality scholarly resources and networks
What is the database Scopus?
Scopus is one of the largest scientometrics databases owned by Elsevier. It indexes scientific journals from around the world. Researchers can use this platform to search for scientific articles for their work and improve their research. Scopus contains over 100 million scientific records, over 29,000 publications and other research works. The platform provides valuable information about scientists and scientific journals.
Our clients often choose this database to publish their research. The reason is that indexing an article in Scopus helps scientists develop their careers, opens up opportunities to successfully defend their theses, obtain academic titles or grants for research.
At the same time, the process of publishing work in journals indexed in this database is quite complex due to the high requirements of the publications.
If you want to achieve a successful result in the form of indexing your article, contact our specialist, who will advise you on publication in the Scopus database.
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What is Scopus?
Scopus is a global scientometrics database that indexes over 29,000 high-quality peer-reviewed scientific publications. The list of Scopus journals is compiled based on publishers' compliance with a clear set of requirements regarding the quality of scientific content, methods of its selection, scientometrics indicators, and adherence to publication ethics.
In addition to journals, this scientometrics database indexes conference materials, books, editorial notes, and much more. Scopus publication is necessary for researchers to achieve many scientific goals, including:
- Obtaining academic degree and academic title
- Participating as a reviewer or editor of a scientific journal
- Obtaining funding, grant support, participation in influential research competitions
- Increasing the authority and rating of scientific institutions and the personal image of the scientist
How does Scopus work?
Specialists at Elsevier, the company that owns Scopus, carry out comprehensive work to maintain the organisation's rating and raise the overall level of scientific research. The work of the scientometrics database is mainly focused on cooperation with publications, but the verification of scientific journals automatically means the verification of the scientific content indexed there. With this in mind, it is necessary to consider several important aspects when working with Scopus scientific journals.
How to add a journal to Scopus?
To do this, the publisher must complete the following steps:
- Submit the journal to Scopus. Representatives of the scientific publication (editor-in-chief, member of the editorial board, etc.) initiate the process of including the journal in the database, compile the necessary package of documents, and send a request for review to the independent Content Selection Advisory Board (CSAB).
- Verification of the publication. Scopus database specialists verify that the journal meets the minimum criteria for inclusion.
- Clarification. At this stage, additions and corrections are made.
- Review and decision. Successful completion of this stage depends on the outcome of the CSAB review.
- Communication. The publisher is notified of the decision to accept the scientific journal into Scopus.
In theory, this process does not seem particularly complicated, but in practice, it is quite different.
Every year, thousands of new publications apply for inclusion in Scopus, but only 33% of them meet the strict technical criteria. And of these approximately 1,200 publications, only 50% are accepted after review by an independent Content Selection Advisory Board.
Scopus: citations and scientometrics indicators of journals
Scopus citations are one of the main metrics for both scientific publications and individual authors. In Scopus, citations influence the calculation of the following scientometrics indicators of publications to a greater or lesser extent:
- SNIP – the ratio of the number of citations of an article to the average number of citations in Scopus in the subject area
- SJR – an indicator of the authority of journals and their citations in Scopus
- CireScore – the ratio of the number of citations in Scopus to the number of articles over the last 4 yearsw
List of journals and main reasons for exclusion
Scopus continuously monitors all indexed journals to maintain high quality standards. The automated Radar system plays a key role in this process. It is a special algorithm developed by Elsevier that analyses dozens of metrics.
Typically, the main reasons for exclusion are as follows:
- Metrics and benchmarks – inconsistency in the analysis of self-citation rates, CireScore, and Scopus citation coefficients.
- Publication concerns – unethical publication behaviour.
- Radar – a sharp change in the publication behaviour of the journal (based on automatic verification by the service).
- Continuous curation – exclusion of a Scopus journal that was already ‘under control’ by specialists.
However, Scopus has recently changed and generalised the reasons for excluding journals that are listed in the official lists. Instead of detailed notes such as Publication Concerns, Outlier behaviour or Radar, which were actively used before, most new exclusions are now marked as Discontinuation (termination of coverage) and Journal change policy (change in journal policy).
Thanks to such checks and removals, Scopus maintains a high level of reliability and quality of scientific journals.
Citations and h-index in Scopus: key scientometrics indicators of an author
In addition to the above-mentioned Scopus journal profiles, this database also contains author profiles. Scientometrics indicators are also calculated for them.
The main ones are:
- Citations in Scopus – the total number of references to an author's work by other researchers within the Scopus database.
- h-index in Scopus – the interdependence of the number of works published in Scopus and citations within this database.
Polish journals in the Scopus database
The Scopus database includes many Polish scientific journals with various metrics. They are represented by the following publishers: Walter de Gruyter, Sciendo, Polish Academy of Science, Elsevier, Via Medica, and others.
Scopus and Web of Science journal list
Scopus or Web of Science?
Regulatory requirements regarding the number of scientific publications often compare these databases with each other. They have many similar features, but there are also significant differences. For example, Web of Science has greater citation depth, while Scopus focuses on “younger” publications. These databases also have different scientific metrics, structures, and ways of implementing their own policies.
