“Scientific Publications” has prepared a list of scientific publications excluded from the authoritative Scopus database for March and April 2024. Understanding the Scopus policy on scientific journals will help scientists make an informed decision when choosing a publication to publish their research.
Scopus is the largest platform of peer-reviewed scientific literature in the global academic community. The Scopus scientific database covers huge volumes of academic content, tens of thousands of peer-reviewed journals, more than 90 million articles.
To maintain its high status in the academic international community, Scopus is regularly updated. One of the audits conducted by the service's staff is to check scientific journals for compliance with high quality standards. Every month Scopus publishes lists of excluded journals.
Main reasons for excluding scientific journals from the Scopus database
In order to maintain the integrity of the database and meet the high standards of published scientific literature, publications may be excluded for the following reasons:
- decline in the quality of the material published by the journal
- published articles are not up to date
- the journal has changed the subject or field of scientific research
- unreasonably frequent publication of articles or its complete cessation
- ethical breach
- fraudulent activities
Overview of exclusions for March and April 2024
Scopus excluded 14 journals during the March-April period. In the table below you can familiarize yourself with the names and reasons for the termination of indexing of publications in the database.
|
№ |
Scientific Journal |
ISSN / EISSN |
Reasons for exclusion |
|
1 |
Arhiv za Farmaciju |
Print ISSN - 00041963 |
Radar |
|
2 |
Bali Medical Journal |
Print ISSN - 20891180 EISSN - 23022914 |
Radar
|
|
3 |
Educational Administration: Theory and Practice
|
Print ISSN - 13004832 EISSN - 21482403 |
Radar |
|
4 |
Genetical Research
|
Print ISSN - 00166723 EISSN - 14695073 |
Radar |
|
5 |
International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach
|
Print ISSN - 1935570X EISSN - 19355718 |
Radar |
|
6 |
ISVS E Journal
|
EISSN - 27382222 |
Publication Concerns |
|
7 |
Journal of Global Business and Trade
|
Print ISSN - 19465130 EISSN - 24704733 |
Radar |
|
8 |
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice |
Print ISSN - 21583595 EISSN - 00000000 |
Radar |
|
9 |
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs |
EISSN - 18579760 |
Radar |
|
10 |
Journal of Public Health in Africa |
Print ISSN - 20389922 EISSN - 20389930 |
Radar |
|
11 |
Journal of System and Management Sciences |
Print ISSN - 18166075 EISSN - 18180523 |
Radar |
|
12 |
NanoWorld Journal |
EISSN - 23791101 |
Radar |
|
13 |
Review of Economics and Finance
|
Print ISSN - 19237529 EISSN - 19238401 |
Radar |
|
14 |
Revista De Gestao Social e Ambiental |
EISSN - 1981982X |
Radar |
The analysis of exceptions for the last few months shows that the main reason for stopping the indexation of a scientific journal in Scopus is low quality of published material.
Why is it important to check journal indexing in Scopus?
- Exclusion of journals from the Scopus database affects the scientific activity of researchers: publications will disappear from the author's profile, as well as other scientists who cited him, if the journal where the article was posted loses indexing.
- Journals that are no longer peer-reviewed in Scopus reduce their status and lose their reputation in the academic community. We do not recommend publishing in such publications.
- Predatory journals use an unfair model of scientific publishing, offering to place a publication in the authoritative Scopus database without a platform review.
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