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Web of Science is a database that takes a strong and thorough approach to selecting scientific journals and research, which ensures a difficult and long-term review process, in turn, determining fewer chances of indexing. When creating this platform, the developers focused their attention on careful vetting and collection to support research of truly global significance. Without relevance, importance, and cutting-edge research, it will be very difficult to get on the pages of journals with a high impact factor.

Scopus is a database that continuously keeps abreast of global trends, produces new tools and features for all users. It has extensive functionality for the author’s profile, publishes a large number of papers, and is actively expanding its database of scientific journals and articles, which leads to more frequent updates of the service.

Thus, Scopus focuses on covering and publishing a wide range of scientific sources, while Web of Science focuses on citing the works of scientists in depth.

Before submitting an article to a journal, you should review the detailed information on the journal’s website. It happens that the publisher posts very little information on the website, both about itself and about the history of its creation. It does not indicate its geographical location, there are no contact details, the structure and composition of the reviewers are not displayed.

The quality of the article is assessed according to low criteria or is only formally reviewed, and the timeframe for review is not specified.
A significant increase in the number of published articles in the journal occurs every year, and this dynamic is alarming in terms of fictitiousness.
High frequency of publication of articles in the journal, which is adjusted from 6 to 24 times a year. Frequent special issues that are not of a scientific nature are also added.

SCOPUS is a universal scientometric database and a tool for tracking the citation of articles published in scientific journals. The SCOPUS database contains about 50 million abstract records, indexes more than 21 thousand titles of scientific journals, 5 thousand publishers, and 5.5 million conference abstracts. This platform gives you the opportunity to learn important information about scientific journals, scientists who publish their work in Scopus-indexed journals, and access unique research that will help you expand the horizon of your own research and citations.

Publication in Scopus journals guarantees a successful start to your career, its rapid growth, and credibility in the scientific community.

However, it is not enough just to write an article and submit it to the journal’s editorial board – the publication process is not so simple and accessible. The publications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science set appropriate requirements for articles: content, quality of writing and translation, accessibility to the audience, relevance of the research, etc.

That is why many scientists turn to professional companies that guarantee a 100% chance of publishing a scientific article, and personal managers monitor and support the text of a scientific study until it is published and indexed.

The accuracy and correctness of the indexed information depends on how it is presented by the author and how it is prepared by the publisher.

For a researcher, indexed information is a kind of “face of scholarship” in the research community. It helps to expand communication, participate in grant competitions, gain credibility among scientists, etc.

For an educational institution, the indexed profile reflects the results of the activity and work of its researchers. This affects the achievement of its recognition in the world community and determines its place in the ranking.

The most common mistakes are incorrect data in the name of the organization; incorrect translation, transliteration, outdated name; incorrect abbreviation; spelling errors, etc.

Errors can be corrected by contacting the authors.

Check whether the journal is really a professional journal on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in your specialty. In the Register of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine, you can find the journal of interest by name and find out which category (A or B) it belongs to and what the specialized specialties are.

You can check the indexing on the website of the journal itself, in the indexing section. To additionally check the indexation, go to the website of the indexed resources and search for the relevant journal. If you find the name of the journal, you can be sure that it is actually indexed.

Check copyright ownership. If you do not want to transfer the rights to a scientific article, you need to make sure that this does not happen. This information is available on the journal’s website.

Check the reality of the journal. Carefully check editorial contacts, journal websites, and archives. Of course, you can compare articles posted in the journal’s archives, on the journal’s website, and in the indexing resources of scientific periodicals.

Check access to the archive. There is open access (when the text of the article is available for viewing), closed access (only the metadata of the article is available in the archive), and hybrid access (a combination of open and closed access).