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Support for publication in journals from the 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 database Scopus?
Scopus is one of the largest scientometric databases, owned by Elsevier. It indexes scientific journals from around the world. Using this platform, researchers can search for scientific articles for their work and improve their research. Scopus contains more than 100 million scientific records, over 29 thousand publications, and other research works. The platform provides valuable information about researchers and scientific journals.
Our clients most often choose this database for publishing their research. The reason is that article indexing in Scopus helps researchers develop their careers and opens opportunities to successfully defend a diploma, obtain an academic title, or receive grants for research implementation.
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 journals.
If you want to achieve a successful result in the form of indexing your own 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 scientometric database that indexes more than 29 thousand high-quality peer-reviewed scientific publications. The list of Scopus journals is formed based on publishers’ compliance with a clear set of requirements for the quality of scientific content, methods of its selection, scientometric indicators, and publication ethics.
In addition to journals, this scientometric database indexes conference materials, books, editorial notes, and much more. Scopus publication is necessary for researchers to achieve many scientific goals, including:
- Obtaining academic degrees and academic titles
- Participation as a reviewer or editor of a scientific journal
- Receiving funding, grant support, and participation in influential research competitions
- Increasing the authority and ranking of scientific institutions and the researcher’s personal image
How does Scopus work?
Elsevier specialists, including those responsible for Scopus, carry out comprehensive work to maintain the organization’s reputation and improve the overall level of scientific research. The work of the scientometric database is aimed mainly at cooperation with publications; however, checks of scientific journals automatically also mean checks of the scientific content indexed there. With this in mind, several important aspects of working with Scopus journals should be considered.
How to add a journal to Scopus?
To do this, the publisher must go through the following stages:
- Submitting a journal to Scopus. Representatives of a scientific publication (editor-in-chief, editorial board member, etc.) initiate the process of including the journal in the database, prepare the necessary set of documents, and send a request for review by the independent Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB).
- Publication review. Scopus database specialists check compliance with the minimum inclusion criteria.
- Clarification. At this stage, additions and corrections are made.
- Review and decision. Successful completion of this stage depends on the result of the CSAB commission review.
- Communication. The publisher is notified of the decision regarding the acceptance of the scientific journal into Scopus.
In theory, this process does not look very complicated, but in practice everything is completely different.
Every year, thousands of new publications apply for inclusion in Scopus, but only 33% of them meet the strict technical criteria. Of these approximately 1,200 publications, only 50% are accepted after review by the independent Content Selection and Advisory Board.
Scopus: citations and scientometric indicators of journals
Scopus citations are among the main metrics both at the level of scientific publications and individual authors. In Scopus, citations influence the calculation of the following scientometric indicators of publications to varying degrees:
- SNIP – the ratio of the number of article citations to the average citation rate in Scopus in the subject area
- SJR – an indicator of the authority of journals and their citations in Scopus
- CiteScore – the ratio of the number of citations in Scopus to the number of articles over the past 4 years
List of journals and main reasons for exclusion
Scopus continuously monitors all indexed journals to maintain high quality standards. The Radar automated system plays a key role in this process: it is a special algorithm developed by Elsevier that analyzes dozens of metric indicators.
Usually, the main reasons for exclusion are:
- Metrics and benchmarks – non-compliance with analysis regarding self-citation level, CiteScore, and Scopus citation coefficient.
- Publication concerns – unethical publication behavior.
- Radar – a sharp change in the journal’s publication behavior based on automated service checks.
- Continuous curation – exclusion of a Scopus journal that was already under specialist monitoring.
Recently, however, Scopus has somewhat changed and generalized the reasons for journal exclusion listed in official files. Instead of detailed labels such as Publication Concerns, Outlier behaviour, or Radar, which were actively used before, most new exclusions are now marked as Discontinuation and Journal change policy.
Thanks to such checks and exclusions, Scopus maintains a high level of reliability and quality of scientific journals.
Citations and h-index in Scopus: key author scientometric indicators
In addition to the journal profiles mentioned above, this database also contains author profiles. Scientometric indicators are calculated for them as well.
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 relationship between the number of published works in Scopus and citations within this database.
Polish journals in the Scopus database
The Scopus database includes a large number of Polish scientific journals with different metrics. They are represented by publishers such as Walter de Gruyter, Sciendo, Polish Academy of Science, Elsevier, Via Medica, and others.
List of Scopus and Web of Science journals
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 differ in scientific metrics, structure, and ways of implementing their own policies.
