Prior to publish a research paper in a Scopus indexed journal, academicians and researchers must have a deep understanding of Scopus. As Elsevier’s largest abstract and citation database, Scopus offers a peer-reviewed list of journals and book series, conference proceedings, and trade journals. It was launched in 2004. Currently, Scopus covers more than 43,000 titles from more than 10,000 publishers in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and the arts and humanities.

Several publishers have a large number of journals included in the Scopus database, including Elsevier, Springer, Emerald, Inderscience, Wiley-Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, Taylor & Francis, Bentham Science, Sage, IEEE, Wolters Kluwer, and Oxford University Press.

Scopus is considered as one of the high-quality databases because of its various Journal metrics like h-index, citescore, SJR (Scimago Journal Rank), SNIP Factor (Source Normalized Impact Per Paper).

Every journal title submitted to Scopus is reviewed by the Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board, a committee consisting of 17 board members representing every field. Furthermore, Scopus continuously monitors its database for predatory journals which are considered as a threat to the academic world. Researchers can publish in any journal indexed by Scopus provided that the manuscript complies with the journal’s aim and scope. Before you begin, make sure to review this checklist to find Scopus journals relevant to your research.

  • Visit the Scopus homepage (www.scopus.com) and choose Sources for finding journals that relate to your research area.
  • To find your desired journal or publisher in the Browse box, click on the drop-down menu next to ‘Subject Area’ and enter your search parameters – ISSN, Title, Publisher.

In academia, Scopus Journals with Quartiles are highly revered for their quality peer review content published in the journal for consecutive years. Based on the data below, one can check Quartiles in the Scimago Journals Rank (SJR) and the Scopus Page. Scimago is an independent organization that is not directly affiliated with Scopus, but highly regarded for its assessment of the journal quartiles, which are considered by most universities. Scopus and SJR provide different quartiles according to their respective data. The Journal Quartile is generated using a variety of metrics, and it will be continually evaluated and updated every year.

The quartiles are:

  • Quartile 1: serial titles in 99-75th percentiles
  • Quartile 2: serial titles in 74-50th percentiles
  • Quartile 3: serial titles in 49-25th percentiles
  • Quartile 4: serial titles in 24-0 percentiles

Q1, Q2 are considered to be highly recognized and reputed quartiles in the Scopus database. CSAB may re-evaluate a Scopus journal and discontinue it, if the journal fails to meet the criteria for consecutive years based on the Six Journal Metrics. Self-citations, Total citation rate, Cite Score, Number of articles, Number of full-text clicks on Scopus.com, Abstract usage on Scopus.com are included in these metrics. Journals will be evaluated based on these six metrics. Before submitting a manuscript to a journal, authors should check the updated list of titles on the Scopus homepage under the Sources section.

When submitting a paper to Fast-Track Scopus Indexed Journal Publications, authors should pay attention to some important points. Scopus considers journals that publish an excessive number of papers every week/month to be predatory, cloned journals. Various metrics like Radar, Citescore, and SNIP factor are used by Scopus team to easily identify sudden changes in a journal publication’s frequency or quality. These metrics will be continuously monitored and publish.

Researchers and academicians must have a thorough understanding of cloned, hijacked, and predatory Scopus journals. Cloned, Hijacked, and Predatory Scopus Journals are easily distinguished by the manipulated Journal website and ISSN numbers. Baell’s List is regarded as a dynamic document that is updated regularly with complete predatory journals. It lists both journal titles and Publisher names on the website with a valid reason.

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