Scientific Publications, as usual, has prepared a monthly list of excluded journals from the Scopus scientometrics database. As a result, indexing was suspended for five journals in February.
Scopus is one of the most famous scientometric databases that indexes millions of scientific publications from various fields. Scopus is constantly updated, and one of the aspects of this update is the exclusion of journals that do not meet the high standards of the database.
Monthly Scopus exclusions can have a significant impact on authors and researchers, as deleted records may disappear from their Scopus profiles, as well as from the profiles of other researchers who have cited their work.
Overview of exclusions for February 2024
Over the previous month, Scopus excluded several journals for various reasons, which you can find in the table below.
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№ |
Journal |
E-ISSN |
Reason |
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1 |
International Journal of Applied Engineering and Technology (London) |
EISSN - 26334828 |
Publication Concerns |
|
2 |
Migration letters |
Print ISSN - 17418984 EISSN - 17418992 |
Publication Concerns |
|
3 |
Stochastic Modelling and Computational Sciences |
EISSN - 27523829 |
Publication Concerns |
|
4 |
Traitement du Signal |
Print ISSN - 07650019 EISSN - 19585608 |
Radar |
|
5 |
Kurdish Studies |
Print ISSN - 20514883 EISSN - 20514891 |
Publication Concerns |
An analysis of the exceptions shows that the most common reason is the low quality of publications. This indicates that Scopus is becoming increasingly demanding of the quality of the journals it indexes.
Recommendations for researchers
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Check the journal before publishing: Before submitting your article to a journal, make sure that it is indexed in Scopus. You can check this on the Scopus website.
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Familiarize yourself with the rules of publication ethics: Make sure that your article complies with the Scopus Publication Ethics Policy.
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Stay tuned for updates: Scopus regularly updates the list of excluded journals. Follow the updates to know which journals have been excluded from the database.
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