What Scopus Is and What a Scopus-Indexed Journal Actually Means
Scopus is a large abstract and citation database owned by Elsevier. It does not publish anything itself; it indexes journals, conference proceedings, book series and trade publications, parses their reference lists, and builds a citation graph that powers author profiles, institutional rankings and journal metrics. A Scopus-indexed journal is a title that Elsevier's Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB) has evaluated and accepted, and whose articles are therefore captured in the database as they are published.
Three consequences follow from that definition. A journal is indexed as a whole; individual papers cannot be submitted to Scopus. Indexing is forward-looking from the date of acceptance, so earlier articles are usually not in the database unless Elsevier back-captures them. And indexing is conditional: a title can be discontinued after re-evaluation, after which new issues are no longer captured even though the older content stays.
Source coverage
Journals, proceedings, book series and trade titles across science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Elsevier reports 32,089 active titles received a CiteScore in the 2025 release.
Citation graph
Reference lists are parsed so that citations link paper to paper and journal to journal. Every metric below is derived from this graph.
Author and affiliation profiles
Scopus Author IDs and affiliation records aggregate output, citations and h-index per researcher and institution.
Journal metrics
CiteScore (Elsevier), SJR (SCImago) and SNIP (CWTS Leiden) are all computed from Scopus data and published free on the Scopus Sources page.
In India the phrase carries extra weight because many universities accept a Scopus-indexed publication for PhD submission, faculty appointment or promotion. That makes the phrase valuable, which is why it is faked. Everything in this guide is designed so that you never have to take anyone's word for it, including ours. JMVRA (ISSN 2984-8911) does not claim Scopus indexing; the verification method below applies to it exactly as to any other journal.
How a Journal Gets Into Scopus: Technical Criteria and the CSAB's Five Categories
A publisher suggests a title through Elsevier's online form. The title must first clear a set of technical minimum criteria; only then is it sent to the CSAB, an independent board of subject experts, for a qualitative review. Both stages are published on Elsevier's content policy page, and both are worth reading in full before any journal owner applies.
Technical minimum criteria
- Peer-reviewed content with a publicly described review process.
- A registered ISSN.
- Regular publication, with a publication history behind the application.
- Content relevant and readable to an international audience: English-language abstracts and article titles, and references in the Roman alphabet.
- A publicly available publication ethics and malpractice statement.
The five CSAB categories
| Category | What reviewers look at | What a weak journal shows |
|---|---|---|
| Journal policy | Convincing editorial concept; type of peer review; diversity in the geographical distribution of editors and authors | Editors and authors all from one institution or city; review policy copied from elsewhere |
| Content | Academic contribution to the field; clarity of abstracts; quality and conformity with the stated aims and scope; readability of articles | Papers outside the scope; abstracts that do not describe the work |
| Journal standing | Citedness of the journal's articles in Scopus; editor standing | No citations from outside the journal itself |
| Publishing regularity | No delays or interruptions in the publication schedule | Missed issues; "Volume 3, Issue 1" published a year late |
| Online availability | Content available online; an English-language journal homepage; quality of the homepage | Broken archive links; PDFs on file-sharing sites |
Two points surprise new publishers. First, "citedness" means the journal's articles are already being cited in journals that Scopus indexes; a journal cannot be cited inside Scopus before it is indexed, so the evidence has to come from other indexed titles citing it. Second, geographical diversity of editors and authors is assessed, which is why a journal whose board and authors are all from one state is at a disadvantage regardless of quality. Our guide on how to index a journal in Scopus turns these categories into a preparation plan.
Staying In: Re-evaluation, the Discontinued Sources List and the Five-Year Rule
Indexing is not permanent. Scopus runs a re-evaluation process for titles already in the database, using the same selection criteria that apply to new titles. A journal can be flagged for re-evaluation when there are concerns about its publication standards or when it shows outlier publishing behaviour, for example a sudden multiplication of output or self-citation.
- Triggerquality concern or outlier metrics
- CSAB reviewsame five categories as new titles
- Decisioncontinue coverage, or discontinue forward flow
- Listingtitle added to the public Discontinued Sources list
- Reconsiderationonly five years after the discontinuation decision
When a title is discontinued, the content already indexed stays in Scopus, but new issues are not captured. This matters for authors: a paper published in a discontinued journal after the discontinuation date is not in Scopus, even though the journal's older papers are, and the journal's website may still display the Scopus logo. The Discontinued Sources list is downloadable from the Scopus Sources page and is the second list you must check, after the active source list.
CiteScore: The Formula, a Worked Example and What the Number Hides
CiteScore is Elsevier's own journal metric, published once a year with a monthly-updated tracker in between. Since the 2020 methodology it has used a four-year window on both sides of the fraction: citations received in the four-year period to documents published in the same four-year period, divided by the number of those documents. Elsevier's CiteScore 2025 release (June 2026) describes a revised methodology, so confirm the current definition on the official CiteScore page before quoting a formula in a formal document.
Worked example (illustrative)
| Year | Documents published | Citations received in the window |
|---|---|---|
| Y-3 | 90 | 420 |
| Y-2 | 100 | 380 |
| Y-1 | 105 | 280 |
| Y | 105 | 120 |
| Total | 400 | 1,200 |
1,200 divided by 400 gives a CiteScore of 3.0. Notice what the number hides: the oldest year contributes most of the citations because its papers have had longest to be cited; a journal that doubled its output in year Y would see its CiteScore fall even if quality was unchanged, because the denominator grows before the citations arrive. That is also why Elsevier only assigns a first CiteScore the year after a title is indexed, and why a brand-new journal has none.
One useful feature: on the Scopus Sources page, anyone can click into the numerator and denominator of a CiteScore to see the documents and citations behind it. If a journal's website quotes a CiteScore, that is where to confirm it.
SJR and SNIP: Prestige Weighting and Field Normalisation Explained
CiteScore counts every citation equally. The two other Scopus-based metrics correct for things a raw count ignores.
SCImago Journal Rank
Computed by the SCImago group from Scopus data. A citation is weighted by the prestige of the citing journal, in the same spirit as a web search engine's link ranking: being cited by highly cited journals counts for more than being cited by obscure ones. Self-citations are capped, which limits the effect of a journal citing itself. A three-year window is used.
Source Normalized Impact per Paper
Computed by CWTS at Leiden University. It divides a journal's citations per paper by the citation potential of its field, the average number of references per paper in the journals that cite it. A journal in a field where papers cite little (mathematics, humanities) is not penalised against one where papers cite a great deal (biomedicine). SNIP is the metric to use when comparing journals across fields.
Why the three disagree
A journal can have a high CiteScore and a modest SJR if it receives many citations from low-prestige sources. It can have a low CiteScore but a strong SNIP if it sits in a field that cites sparsely. None of the three is "the correct one"; each answers a different question. CiteScore asks how often, SJR asks by whom, SNIP asks compared with what. Our dedicated guide on CiteScore vs Impact Factor vs SJR, SNIP and h-index goes deeper into each.
CiteScore vs SJR vs SNIP vs Journal Impact Factor: Side by Side
The most common confusion is between Scopus metrics and the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). The JIF is published by Clarivate in the Journal Citation Reports from Web of Science data; it has nothing to do with Scopus, and a Scopus-indexed journal may have no JIF at all. The table makes the differences explicit.
| Metric | Producer | Data source | Window | What it measures | Where to check free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CiteScore | Elsevier | Scopus | 4 years | Average citations per document, all document types | scopus.com/sources |
| SJR | SCImago | Scopus | 3 years | Prestige-weighted citations per document | scimagojr.com and scopus.com/sources |
| SNIP | CWTS Leiden | Scopus | 3 years | Citations per paper relative to the field's citation potential | scopus.com/sources |
| Journal Impact Factor | Clarivate | Web of Science | 2 years | Citations in year Y to citable items of Y-1 and Y-2, divided by those items | Not free; the Master Journal List shows coverage, JCR shows the value |
| Google Scholar h5-index | Google Scholar | 5 years | Largest h such that h articles have at least h citations | Google Scholar Metrics (top venues only) |
Scopus Quartiles and Percentiles: How to Read Q1 to Q4 Correctly
Scopus assigns each journal a CiteScore percentile and quartile within each subject category it is classified in. A journal in the top 25 percent of its category is Q1, the next 25 percent Q2, then Q3 and Q4. SCImago publishes its own quartiles based on SJR, and the two can differ for the same journal. Web of Science quartiles are different again, based on JIF rank within JCR categories; our companion guide on Web of Science quartiles covers those.
Three rules for reading a quartile
- Always ask "Q1 in which category?" A journal classified in three categories can be Q1 in one and Q3 in another.
- Prefer the percentile to the quartile when comparing two journals; the 76th and 99th percentiles are both Q1 but far apart.
- Check the year. Quartiles are recalculated annually, and a journal's quartile in the year your paper is published is what most Indian university rules refer to.
Our guide on Scopus quartiles and how to check them free walks through the Sources page fields one by one.
How to Verify a Journal's Scopus Status in Five Minutes
Never verify Scopus indexing on the journal's own website. Verify it on Elsevier's, which is free and needs no subscription. The Scopus Sources page is the only authoritative check; everything else, including the SCImago site, is derived from it.
- Minute 1
Open scopus.com/sources. Switch the search to ISSN and enter the journal's ISSN (print or online). Searching by title alone returns look-alike titles.
- Minute 2
If a record appears, open it. Confirm the publisher name and the journal homepage URL match the website you are looking at. A mismatch is the signature of a hijacked journal.
- Minute 3
Read the coverage years. If coverage ended before this year, the journal is no longer being indexed; confirm on the Discontinued Sources list.
- Minute 4
Note the CiteScore, SJR, SNIP, subject categories and percentile. Compare with what the journal's website claims; inflated figures are a warning sign.
- Minute 5
Search Scopus for a recent article from the journal by title (the free preview shows whether an article record exists). If the journal is "indexed" but its 2025 and 2026 papers do not appear, something is wrong.
Trust
- A source record on scopus.com whose ISSN, publisher and URL match.
- Coverage years that include the current year.
- Recent article records searchable in Scopus.
- Metrics on the Sources page, not on a certificate.
Ignore
- A Scopus logo on the journal's homepage.
- A "Scopus indexing certificate" PDF; Elsevier issues none.
- "Scopus indexed" in an unsolicited email.
- Third-party lists of "Scopus journals" that cannot be traced to the Sources page.
The site's own browsable Scopus-indexed journals list reproduces source data for convenience; even there, the rule is to confirm each title on scopus.com before you submit. For the longer method, including how to find titles by subject, read how to find Scopus-indexed journals.
False Scopus Claims and Hijacked Journals: The Warning Signs
Two kinds of deception use the Scopus name. The first is simple: a journal that was never indexed, or was discontinued, displays the logo. The second is hijacking: a fraudulent website impersonates a genuine indexed journal, often one with a modest online presence, using its title and ISSN, and collects fees for papers that will never appear in Scopus. Both are detectable with the five-minute check above, provided you compare the URL on the Scopus record with the site in front of you.
- The journal's claimed ISSN returns a Scopus record whose homepage URL is different from the site you are on.
- The "indexed" journal accepts papers on any subject, although its Scopus record shows a narrow category.
- Acceptance is promised within days, with a fee payable before any decision.
- The journal sends unsolicited invitations with a Scopus logo in the signature.
- A certificate, badge or "Scopus ID" is offered as proof instead of a link to scopus.com.
- The CiteScore quoted on the site is higher than the value on the Sources page.
- The editorial board is the same across several unrelated "international" journals from one publisher.
- Payment is requested to a personal account or through an unofficial channel.
Scopus for Authors: When It Matters, When It Does Not, and What Else Counts
Whether a Scopus-indexed journal is the right target depends on the rule you must satisfy, not on prestige in the abstract. Read the regulation first, then choose the journal.
| Situation | What usually counts | Practical approach |
|---|---|---|
| PhD pre-submission requirement | Depends on the university: some require Scopus or Web of Science, many accept peer-reviewed journals judged against UGC's Suggested Parameters | Get the rule in writing from the research section; verify the target journal against it, not against a logo |
| Faculty recruitment or promotion | Institution's own scoring, often weighting Scopus or WoS higher | Check the scoring sheet; a Q1 paper and a peer-reviewed non-indexed paper may both score, differently |
| Grant reporting | Funders usually ask for DOIs and open access, not a specific database | A peer-reviewed open-access paper with a Crossref DOI often satisfies this |
| Early-career visibility | Google Scholar, ORCID and a Crossref DOI get work found and cited | Publish well-written, open papers promptly; build toward indexed journals as the work matures |
| Time-critical work (conference deadline, degree deadline) | A credible, verifiable peer-reviewed journal that can publish on schedule | Prefer honesty about timelines over promises; genuine review takes weeks |
Scopus indexing is one signal of a journal's standing. It is not a guarantee of quality (discontinuations prove that) and its absence is not proof of low quality (the majority of the world's peer-reviewed journals are not in Scopus). The questions that apply to every journal are whether its ISSN resolves, whether its editors are real and reachable, whether its review process is documented and applied, whether its fee is published and charged only after acceptance, and whether its articles carry persistent identifiers.
A verifiable peer-reviewed journal with an honest fee beats an unverifiable "Scopus-indexed" one every time, because the first can be checked and the second is a hope.
Honest Publishing Options While You Target Scopus: Our Network Journals
The three journals of the Journey & Wisdom network are not presented as Scopus-indexed, and this page makes no such claim for any of them. They are low-cost, peer-reviewed, open-access venues with verifiable ISSNs, published fees payable only after acceptance, Crossref DOIs on prefix 10.56975 and policies that align with UGC's Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals. They suit work that needs to be published, read and cited now, while a researcher builds toward Scopus-indexed targets, or work whose requirement is a peer-reviewed publication rather than a specific database. Apply the five-minute verification to them as you would to any journal.
Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach (JMVRA)
- ISSN 2984-8911 Verify ISSN
- ESTD 2023 · Publisher JMVRA Publication · Website jmvra.org
- Impact Factor 11.25* · Crossref DOI prefix 10.56975
- Publication fee ₹971 Indian authors · US$41 international — payable only after acceptance
- Aligned with UGC’s Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals
TIJER – International Research Journal
- ISSN 2349-9249 Verify ISSN · ESTD 2014 · Website tijer.org
- Publication fee Low cost ₹970 INR Indian · $50 USD international
- UGC CARE Approved, Transparent Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal as per new UGC Notification
- Multidisciplinary · Monthly · Crossref DOI · Indexing in all major databases & metadata
Journal of Novel Research and Innovative Development (JNRID)
- ISSN 2984-8687 Verify ISSN · ESTD 2023 · Website jnrid.org
- Publication fee Low cost ₹970 INR Indian · $50 USD international
- UGC CARE Approved, Transparent Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal as per new UGC Notification
- Multidisciplinary · Monthly · Crossref DOI · Indexing in all major databases & metadata
* JMVRA’s 11.25 is a calculated metric based on citations from Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar. It is not an official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor (JCR). TIJER and JNRID details are as stated by their publisher. Full comparison: Our Journals.
The UGC-CARE list, which many Indian authors once used as a proxy for acceptability, was discontinued by UGC (decision of 3 October 2024, public notice of 11 February 2025), and UGC approved its Suggestive Parameters for choosing peer-reviewed journals in 2025. No journal, including ours, can be "UGC-CARE listed" today; the honest statement is alignment with the parameters, with evidence.
For Journal Owners: The Realistic Path Toward a Scopus Application
Journal owners ask two questions: how long, and what first. The honest answers are "years, not months" and "regularity and citedness before anything else". A journal cannot buy, partner or plug-in its way into Scopus; software and services help only by keeping the record that the CSAB will read.
- Year 0
ISSN, published policies, an international editorial board with verifiable affiliations, a documented peer-review process, an ethics statement, English abstracts and Roman-script references, and a reliable schedule.
- Years 1 to 2
Publish every issue on time. Register Crossref DOIs with complete metadata so the journal's papers can be cited and the citations traced. Deposit to open repositories so papers are found. Recruit authors and editors from outside your region.
- Years 2 to 3
Monitor citations to your articles in Scopus-indexed journals; this is the "citedness" evidence. Keep self-citation low. Remove any claim on the website that you cannot prove.
- Application
Submit the title suggestion with a complete, accurate form. Expect the review to take many months, commonly up to about a year. If declined, the feedback usually names the categories to improve; an embargo applies before re-suggestion, so use the time.
Within the Journey & Wisdom group, JWJMS keeps the submission, review and decision record a journal will need to demonstrate its process; JWDOI registers the Crossref DOIs and metadata that make citations traceable; JWSCAN screens similarity before review; OpenRGATE deposits published work for discovery. None of these makes a journal Scopus-indexed, and we do not say otherwise.
Glossary: Scopus and Journal Metrics Terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Scopus | Elsevier's abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. |
| Source | A journal, proceedings series, book series or trade publication indexed in Scopus. |
| CSAB | Content Selection and Advisory Board: the independent experts who evaluate titles for inclusion and re-evaluation. |
| Coverage years | The years of a source's content that Scopus has indexed; a closed range means the title was discontinued. |
| Discontinued Sources list | Elsevier's public list of titles whose forward indexing was stopped after re-evaluation. |
| CiteScore | Elsevier's journal metric: citations over a four-year window divided by documents in the same window. |
| CiteScore Tracker | The monthly-updated provisional CiteScore for the current year. |
| SJR | SCImago Journal Rank: prestige-weighted citation metric from Scopus data. |
| SNIP | Source Normalized Impact per Paper: field-normalised citation metric from CWTS Leiden. |
| Percentile / quartile | A journal's position within its subject category by CiteScore (Scopus) or SJR (SCImago); Q1 is the top 25 percent. |
| Journal Impact Factor | Clarivate's two-year citation metric from Web of Science data, unrelated to Scopus. |
| Hijacked journal | A fraudulent website impersonating a genuine indexed journal to collect fees. |
| Scopus Author ID | The identifier Scopus assigns to each author profile; link it to ORCID to keep it accurate. |
How Journey & Wisdom Helps
JMVRA is published within the Journey & Wisdom group, which runs four shared services — similarity checking, journal management, DOI registration and conference management — and thirteen publication platforms. These are the ones that matter most for this guide. For anything not listed here, email [email protected] or message WhatsApp +91 91063 65667 to discuss your requirement.
JWJMS
Journal management systemRuns the editorial workflow: online submission portal, author dashboard, desk screening, reviewer invitations and reminders, revision rounds, decisions, issue building and publication scheduling — with a full record of every step.
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JWDOI
Crossref DOI registrationRegisters Crossref DOIs and deposits article metadata, and gives journals a sponsored DOI prefix without joining Crossref directly — for journals, books, chapters and proceedings.
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JWSCAN
Plagiarism & similarity checkChecks a manuscript for similarity before submission with iThenticate (by Turnitin) and returns an overall similarity index with a source-by-source report editors can act on.
jwscan.org
OpenRGATE
Repository & discoveryA free open-access repository and journal-discovery platform where finished work is deposited so it stays findable.
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Scholar Research Publication Network
Scholar networkA researcher-centred network connecting an author's publications, profile and citations.
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How to verify a Scopus-indexed journal: step by step
Get the journal's ISSN
Copy the print or online ISSN from the journal website and confirm it resolves on the ISSN Portal to the same title and publisher.
Open the official Scopus Sources page
Go to scopus.com/sources, which is free and needs no login, and set the search field to ISSN.
Search by ISSN, not title
Title searches return look-alikes; the ISSN returns the one record, or nothing.
Match publisher and homepage URL
Open the record and compare its publisher and homepage with the website you are on; a mismatch indicates hijacking.
Read the coverage years
If coverage ended before the current year, check the Discontinued Sources list; new papers are not indexed.
Record the metrics and category
Note CiteScore, SJR, SNIP, subject categories and percentile from the record, and compare with the journal's claims.
Spot-check a recent article
Search Scopus for a 2025 or 2026 article title from the journal to confirm that current content is being captured.
Check your institution's rule
Confirm in writing whether Scopus indexing, a specific quartile, or a peer-reviewed journal aligned with UGC's parameters is what your requirement demands.
Verify the fee and process
Confirm the fee is published, charged only after acceptance, and that the review process is described and applied.
Decide and keep the evidence
Save a screenshot or PDF of the Scopus record with the date; it is your proof if the journal's status changes later.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does "Scopus-indexed journal" mean?
It means the journal has been suggested to Elsevier, passed the technical criteria and the Content Selection and Advisory Board's review, and is included as a source in the Scopus database, so its articles are captured and their citations counted from the date of acceptance onward. Individual papers cannot be indexed on their own, and a journal can later be discontinued.
How do I check if a journal is Scopus-indexed?
Search the journal's ISSN on scopus.com/sources, which is free. Confirm that the publisher and homepage on the record match the website you are on, that the coverage years include the current year, and that recent articles appear in Scopus. Ignore logos, certificates and claims on the journal's own site.
How is CiteScore calculated?
Under the 2020 methodology, CiteScore for year Y equals the citations received in Y-3 to Y to documents published in Y-3 to Y, divided by the number of those documents, counting articles, reviews, conference papers, data papers and book chapters. Elsevier's CiteScore 2025 release describes a revised methodology, so check the current definition on the official page.
What is the difference between CiteScore, SJR and SNIP?
All three are computed from Scopus data. CiteScore counts every citation equally over four years. SJR weights each citation by the prestige of the citing journal and caps self-citation. SNIP divides citations per paper by the field's citation potential, so journals in low-citing fields are not penalised. They answer different questions and often rank the same journal differently.
Is Scopus indexing the same as having an impact factor?
No. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate from Web of Science data and has nothing to do with Scopus. A Scopus-indexed journal has a CiteScore, SJR and SNIP; it only has a JIF if it is also covered by Web of Science and included in the Journal Citation Reports.
What does Scopus evaluate before indexing a journal?
After technical minimums (peer review, ISSN, regular publication, English abstracts and titles, Roman-script references, an ethics statement), the CSAB assesses five categories: journal policy, content, journal standing (including citedness), publishing regularity and online availability. The same criteria are used when an indexed title is re-evaluated.
Can a journal lose its Scopus indexing?
Yes. Titles flagged for publication-standard concerns or outlier performance are re-evaluated against the selection criteria, and the CSAB may discontinue forward coverage. Already-indexed content stays, but new issues are not captured, and the title appears on the public Discontinued Sources list. A discontinued title is only reconsidered five years after the decision.
What is a Q1 journal in Scopus?
A journal whose CiteScore percentile places it in the top 25 percent of its subject category for that year. Because journals are classified in several categories, the same title can be Q1 in one and Q2 or Q3 in another. SCImago publishes separate quartiles based on SJR, and Web of Science quartiles are based on the Journal Impact Factor.
How long does it take to get a journal indexed in Scopus?
There is no fixed time. A journal normally needs at least two years of regular, on-time publication and evidence of being cited in indexed journals before it is a realistic candidate, and the review itself commonly takes many months, up to about a year. No service or software can shorten the evaluation or guarantee the outcome.
How can I tell if a journal is falsely claiming Scopus indexing?
Its ISSN returns no record on scopus.com/sources, or returns a record whose publisher and homepage differ from the site, or whose coverage ended years ago. Other signs: a "Scopus certificate", unsolicited invitations, acceptance within days, fees before a decision, and a quoted CiteScore higher than the official one.
Is JMVRA Scopus-indexed?
No, and we do not claim it. JMVRA (ISSN 2984-8911) is a peer-reviewed, open-access, multidisciplinary monthly journal with Crossref DOIs and a published fee payable only after acceptance. Verify its status exactly as you would any journal: search the ISSN on scopus.com/sources rather than relying on a statement from us or anyone else.
Do Indian universities still require Scopus for PhD publication?
Rules vary by university. Since UGC discontinued the UGC-CARE list and approved its Suggestive Parameters for choosing peer-reviewed journals in 2025, many institutions assess journals against those parameters, while some still specify Scopus or Web of Science. Get your own institution's current rule in writing before choosing a journal.
Where do I find a journal's CiteScore for free?
On scopus.com/sources, which is open to everyone without a subscription. Search by ISSN, open the record and read CiteScore, SJR, SNIP, percentile and categories. You can also click into the CiteScore numerator and denominator to see the documents and citations behind the value.
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