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Is it good to publish in Scopus?
Because Scopus is currently the leading indexing database preferred by a good number of universities, there is a belief that only Scopus indexed journals are reputable. This is not the case. There are predatory journals out there, but not all non-Scopus indexed journals are predatory.
Is it easy to publish in Scopus indexed journals?
Publishing the research work in Scopus indexed journals is not an easy task. At the same time, it is also not tough. If proper guidelines are followed, one can publish the paper. The toughest part in publishing a paper in Scopus platform is, selecting appropriate journal.
What does ISI mean in publishing?
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield in Philadelphia in 1956. ISI offered scientometric and bibliographic database services. Its specialty was citation indexing and analysis, a field pioneered by Garfield.
What is ISI journal ranking?
ISI Ranking
| Journal | 5-Year Impact Factor |
|---|---|
| American Journal of Evaluation | 1.581 |
| American Journal of Health Behavior | 1.843 |
| American Journal of Political Science | 3.960 |
| American Journal of Psychology | 1.206 |
Is Google Scholar better than Scopus?
Comparing Google Scholar on the one hand and ISI and Scopus on the other hand provides mixed results. However, in virtually all cases Google Scholar provide the highest citation count, reflecting its broader coverage in terms of sources compared to both ISI and Scopus and its longer coverage in time compared to Scopus.
How reliable is Scopus?
At the time of writing, the precision for citation linking in Scopus is measured at 99.9\% and the recall is 98.3\%. This means that in general, references that should be linked to Scopus records are linked in 98.3\% of cases; and among all reference links, 99.9\% are linked to the correct record.
What is ISI indexed journal?
A journal is indexed in the Web of Science is used to be called an ISI journal. ISI means the Institute for Scientific Information, which developed and produced the Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI).
Is Scopus free to publish?
Most of the journals Indexed by Scopus are paid one and very few journals publish the article for free of cost.
Is it hard to publish in Scopus?
As mentioned earlier, the vast majority of researchers still believe that getting their papers published in Scopus journals is easy and does not require much effort. Such people more often than not, learn the hard way (through repeated rejections) that this is not so.