Scopus is one of the most popular and highly rated scientometric databases. Every researcher applies to submit their article to one of the journals indexed in Scopus. The prestige of publishing in such a journal can have a significant impact on a researcher's career and contribute to the development of their field.
However, not everyone can pass the strict selection criteria. When you submit an article to one of the Scopus ranked journals, it undergoes a thorough review before it is seen by the editor-in-chief and the review process begins. According to statistics, at Elsevier, usually about 50% of articles do not even reach this stage.
Today we will remind you of the main reasons for rejecting a publication in Scopus.
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Non-compliance with technical parameters.
A rather trivial but common reason. Very often, an article is rejected due to plagiarism or in cases where it is already being considered in another journal. Submitting one article to several journals at the same time is prohibited by the principles of publication ethics, as well as republishing the whole article or its parts.
This criterion can also be used to reject an article if it does not meet the journal's criteria; key elements of the article are missing; graphic materials are incorrectly designed or not clear enough for readers to understand.
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The list of references is insufficient or includes only very old publications.
Your article should always be based on up-to-date information, so the inclusion of modern works in the list of references is in some cases a prerequisite.
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A scientific article is a work in progress.
It is quite common to reject papers that contain, for example, observations but do not have a complete study. Each paper should be logically complete and include information and conclusions useful to the scientific community.
Also, if you analyze works in a certain field in your article, it should be comprehensive and skeptical, and you should not ignore important works.
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The research article is a small extension of the author's previous article.
Your article can easily be rejected if you want to submit a new article as an extended version of your previous work. Many researchers who aim to publish as many articles as possible and thus improve their scientometric performance often resort to such tricks. However, in high-ranking journals, such actions lead to the irrevocable rejection of the article.
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The conclusions do not correspond to the text of the article.
Conclusions are the main part of a research paper, so you should take responsibility for writing them. In no case should your conclusions ignore important information or omit facts that will be useful to other researchers. The paper may be rejected if the arguments presented are illogical and not supported by the results of the work.
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The article does not meet the goals and scope of the journal's scientific interests.
Carefully read the criteria and conditions set forth by the journal to which you plan to submit an article. Your work should cover information that will be relevant to the journal's area of interest.
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The article is incomprehensible, irrelevant, or has no practical application.
The reason for rejection may also be an unprofessional translation or an unclear presentation of ideas. One of the reasons for rejection may also be the lack of scientific novelty of the article.
When writing an article, be sure to follow all grammatical and spelling rules. If you do not have a sufficient level of English, it is better to leave the translation to professionals. After all, the text of the article should be understandable so that every reader can appreciate all the benefits of the work you have done.
Scientific Publications is ready to help you overcome these difficulties. With the help of our service "Publication in journals with Scopus database", you will be able to ensure the academic level of translation into English, compliance with all technical parameters and competent formatting of the article. Your work will meet the requirements of the journal and will have every chance of success in the competition for a place on the pages of Scopus-indexed journals.
