Scopus has published a list of journals removed from the database in May 2024. Scientific Publications presents an updated list of these publications.
Journals are periodically removed from the Scopus database. In May, another check was carried out, after which several publications were removed from the database. Today we present an updated list of these journals so that authors can avoid problems with publication and indexing in Scopus.
Journals are removed from the Scopus database for a variety of reasons, including:
- Unfair publication activity.
- Detected fraud.
- Violation of standards of academic integrity and scientific ethics.
- Change in journal profile or subject matter.
- Lack of relevance and significance of published material.
List of excluded journals from Scopus for May 2024
| № | Scientific Journal | ISSN / e-ISSN | Reasons for exclusion |
| 1 | Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine | Print ISSN – 1078-6791 | |
| 2 | Azerbaijan Pharmaceutical and Pharmacotherapy Journal | Print ISSN – 1994-1951 Online e-ISSN – 2959-1929 |
Problems with publications |
| 3 | Bionatura | Print ISSN – 1390-9347 Online e-ISSN – 1390-9355 |
Radar |
| 4 | Cancer Research, Statistics, and Treatment | Print ISSN – 2590-3233 Online e-ISSN – 2590-3225 |
Radar |
| 5 | International Journal of Educational Methodology | Online e-ISSN – 2469-9632 | Radar |
| 6 | Journal of Biotech Research | Online e-ISSN – 1944-3285 | Radar |
| 7 | Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research | Print ISSN – 2328-8272 Online e-ISSN – 2328-8280 |
Radar |
| 8 | Journal of Logistics, Informatics and Service Science | Online e-ISSN – 2409-2665 | Radar |
| 9 | Journal of Medical Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences | Online e-ISSN – 2320-7418 | Radar |
| 10 | Military Medical Science Letters (Vojenske Zdravotnicke Listy) | Print ISSN – 0372-7025 Online e-ISSN – 2571-113X |
Radar |
| 11 | Nurture | Print ISSN – 1994-1625 Online e-ISSN – 1994-1633 |
Radar |
| 12 | Revista Electronica de Veterinaria | Online e-ISSN – 1695-7504 | Radar |
How to avoid publishing in a journal that is at risk of being excluded from the Scopus index?
Before submitting an article for consideration to the journal's editorial board, it is important to scrutinise the journal's activities. An author should pay special attention to several factors that may indicate a journal's possible exclusion from the Scopus database.
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Hasty acceptance of an article for publication
If your article was accepted for publication in a journal unusually quickly, for example, in 1-3 weeks, this may indicate that your work was not sufficiently vetted. Such rapidity may be contrary to editorial policy and may result in the removal of the journal from the Scopus database.
Keep in mind that rapid review and publication in databases such as Scopus is virtually impossible. This process usually takes from 2 to 6 months and depends on the journal's workload, its specificity, readiness of your material and other factors.
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Publication activity of the journal
High activity of a journal in publishing articles after it has been indexed in Scopus may arouse suspicion and indicate its bad faith. This is due to the fact that significant payment is required to publish in Scopus. Some publications may use indexing as a way to increase revenue by increasing the number of issues and articles.
Therefore, it is recommended that authors analyse the publication activity of a journal before and after its indexing in Scopus. This will help to avoid mistakes and unsuccessful publications.
For example, after analysing the publication activity of a journal, you find that before it was indexed in Scopus, it was published twice a year with 8 articles in each issue. However, after indexing, the journal increased its frequency to 4, 8 or more times per year, and the number of articles doubled, tripled or more. These changes may cause anxiety among authors and raise suspicion among Scopus specialists.
Correspondence of journal and article topics
It is necessary to consider the subject matter of the publication, the main research areas that are published in the journal, and the relevance of the published material to these areas. In some cases, this aspect may be related to the previous one, as a journal focused solely on making profit may start publishing research that does not correspond to its stated topics and directions.
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