This document provides information on how to check the indexing of publications in various databases. It begins by defining publishers, scientific journals, and the differences between SCI, SCIE, and ESCI indexed journals. It then explains how to check if a journal is indexed on the Web of Science, Scopus, or Google Scholar platforms. The document also discusses characteristics of good publications, including structure, reviewing process, and increasing citations. Overall, the document offers guidance on publishing research and verifying the indexing status of journals.

1. HOW TO CHECK INDEXING OF
PUBLICATIONS
Presented by: Dr. Bhanu Pratap Singh
Associate Professor, ECE, LNCT Bhopal
Email Id: bhanu20ism@gmail.com

2. WHAT WILL WE COVER?
• Who are publishers and what do we do?
• Difference b/w SCI, SCIE and ESCI journals
• How to check the indexing of journals?
• The review and editorial process
• How to find citation of your publications?

3. WHY PUBLISH?
Publishing is one of the necessary steps embedded in the
scientific research process. It is also necessary for graduation
and career progression.
What to publish:
• New and original results or methods
• Reviews or summaries of particular subject
• Manuscripts that advance the knowledge and understanding
in a certain scientific field
What NOT to publish:
• Reports of no scientific interest
• Out of date work
• Duplications of previously published work
• Incorrect/unacceptable conclusions
You need a GOOD manuscript to present your contributions to
the scientific community

4. QUESTIONS TO ANSWER BEFORE YOU WRITE
Think about WHY you want to publish your
work.
• Is it new and interesting?
• Is it a current hot topic?
• Have you provided solutions to some
difficult problems?
• Are you ready to publish at this point?
If all answers are “yes”, then start preparations
for your manuscript

5. Publisher
Elsevier
IEEE
Springer
Willey
ACS
IOP
IEEE Transactions on.
Aerospace and Electronic
Systems, IEEE Transactions
on. Affective Computing,
IEEE Transactions on.
Antennas and Propagation,
IEEE Transactions on.
Antennas and Wireless
Propagation Letters
Integration, the VLSI Journal,
Applied Phys. Lett.,
Computational Mater. Sci.
Journal of Optics,
2D Materials,
Environmental Research Lett..
Semiconductor Science &
Technology,
Russian Mathematical Surveys
Nano Letters,
ACS Photonics,
Environmental Science &
Technology,
Journal of Chemical
Education,
Journal of natural Product
Advanced Engineering Materials,
Biotechnology Journal,
Advanced Optical materials,
Journal of Food Science
Journal of Electronic
Materials,
Journal of Material Science
AI & Society,
AIDS and Behavior,
Advances in Difference
Equations

6. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCI, SCIE AND
ESCI JOURNALS?
• What is the Science Citation Index (SCI) or Web of Science (WoS)?
• Web of Science (WoS) is an online subscription-based Scientific Citation
Indexing(SCI) service originally produced by the Institute for Scientific
Information(ISI) during 1964.
• ISI was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992 and
named Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property and Science Business, which
became known as Thomson ISI, later it maintained by Clarivate Analytics to
provides a comprehensive citation search of all indexing.
• The Science Citation Index (SCI) is a citation index originally produced by the
Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and created by Eugene Garfield.

7. WHAT IS THE SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED (SCIE)?
• The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) is the larger
version SCI which covers more than 8,500 notable and significant journals,
across 150 disciplines, from 1900 to the present.
• SCIE is similar to the SCI except for the two differences:
• Impact factor: SCI has non zero impact factor but SCIE journals are just
ranked for impact factor.
• Storage formate: Both SCI and SCIE are available online. However, SCI is
available on CD/DVD format but SCIE is not.
• The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) is a bibliographic database
originally created by Eugene Garfield, produced by the Institute for
Scientific Information (ISI), and now owned by Thomson Reuters (TR). The
company that releases the journal impact factor every year.

8. WHAT IS THE EMERGING SOURCES CITATION INDEX (ESCI)?
• The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) was launched in late 2015
by Thomson Reuters as a new database in Web of Science.
• This index was produced by Clarivate Analytics since 2017, which includes
over 3,000 journals from various areas of research.
• The journal’s index in this ESCI will not come with an impact factor(IF).
However, each journal in this new index will be evaluated every year and
those qualified will be transferred to SCIE.
• The main aim of the ESCI is to ensure the important research works are
visible in the Web of Science Core Collection even if it is not yet
internationally recognized.
• ESCI journals may have chances to be included in the SCIE when the
journal continuously maintains its good quality of the publication.

9. SCImago JOURNALS
• SCImago Journal:
• This platform takes its name from the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
indicator, developed by SCImago from the widely known
algorithmGoogle PageRank. This indicator shows the visibility of the
journals contained in the Scopus database from 1996. This index is
based on SCOPUS database which has much wider indexed journals
compared to ISI.

10. BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR INDEXING IN WEB OF
SCIENCE (WOS)?
• All journals submitted to the core Web of Science databases will be evaluated by
the following criteria.:-
• Whether the journal follows a proper peer review process?
• Whether the journal follows ethical publishing practices?
• Whether the journal meets technical requirements?
• The journal has good English language bibliographic information or not?
• Whether the journal recommended or requested by a scholarly audience of Web of
Science users.
If the journal passed the evaluation in a successful way it will be indexed in
the ESCI while undergoing more in-depth editorial review.
Hope, this lecture helps you to know the difference between SCI SCIE and ESCI
journals.

11. HOW TO CHECK A JOURNAL INDEXED IN AN SCIE
INDEXING DATABASE?
• To check the journal, whether it indexed in SCIE Web of Science database or not, do the
following steps.
1. Type the URL in your address bar: http://mjl.clarivate.com/
It will direct into Clarivate Analytics Master Journal List search page.

12. 2. Enter the targeted journal name in the search item field( Title word, full
Journal name, or ISSN number in the search terms)

13. 3. Finally, you will get the detail about the journal with all database coverage – Here you
can see that the given journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index.

14. HOW TO IDENTIFY SCOPUS INDEXED JOURNALS?
• Scopus is the number one abstract and citation database of peer-
reviewed journals which contains more than 70 Million items like
scientific articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, lecture notes,
and books.
• In order to verify the targeted journal is indexed in the scopus or not,
we have to do the following steps.

15. 1. Type the URL in your address bar:
www.scopus.com/sources
It will direct into Browse sources on Scopus.com – Journal List search page

16. 2. Select the Title, Publisher, or ISSN number of the targeted journal to
find Scopus indexing

17. 3. Give the targeted journal name in the Title field, After given the title
of the journal click find sources button.

18. 4. Finally, you will get the detail about the journal with all database coverage. Here you
can see that the given journal “Nature Reviews Genetics” is indexed in the Scopus
database. Also, you will get a Scopus impact factor and journal citation reports for the last
five years.

19. I don’t know where to submit or I want
to survey my options.
• Publisher website
• Abstract and Indexing (A&I) services (SCIE, Web of Science,
Scopus, PubMed etc)
• Google/Google Scholar

20. SELECT THE BEST JOURNAL FOR SUBMISSION
•Look at your references – these will help you
narrow your choices.
•Review recent publications in each candidate
journal. Find out the hot topics, the accepted
types of articles, etc.
•Ask yourself the following questions:
•Is the journal peer-reviewed?
•Who is this journal’s audience?
•What is the average time to print?
•What is the journal’s Impact Factor?
•Decide on one journal. DO NOT submit to
multiple journals.

21. What is peer review?
“Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more
people of similar competence to the producers of the work
(peers).
It constitutes a form of self-regulation by qualified members
of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review methods
are employed to maintain standards of quality, improve
performance, and provide credibility. In academia peer
review is often used to determine an academic paper's
suitability for publication.”

22. Why do we peer review?
Suitability for publication
True / credible?
Reproducible?
Important, relevant?
Communicated effectively?
Novelty?
Plagiarism?
Verify & improve the
research
Interpretation of results
Reasoning
Presentation
Critical but constructive
feedback
New / additional ideas

23. FIND THE RIGHT JOURNALS
• Evaluate which journal is right for your article
• Impact Factor
• Subject Specific Impact Factor
• SCImago Journal & Country Ranking Journal Analyzer
• h-Index
• Find out more about the journals
• Who are the editors?
• Guide for authors
• Article of the future

24. Impact Factor
[the average annual number of citations per article published]
• For example, the 2017 impact factor for a journal would be
calculated as follows:
• A = the number of times articles published in 2015 and 2016
were cited in indexed journals during 2017
• B = the number of "citable items" (usually articles, reviews,
proceedings or notes; not editorials and letters-to-the-Editor)
published in 2015 and 2016
• 2017 impact factor = A/B
• e.g. 600 citations = 2
150 + 150 articles
IS THIS A PRESTIGIOUS JOURNAL?

25. SOME IMPORTANT LINKS TO CHOOSE
RIGHT JOURNAL:
• 1. https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/
• 2. https://journalsuggester.springer.com/
• 3. https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-
Authors/find-a-journal/index.html
• 4. http://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/create-your-ieee-article/use-
authoring-tools-and-ieee-article-templates/
• 5. http://ioppublishing.org/publications/our-journals/

26. HOW TO CHECK INDEXING OF JOURNALS
• These are some simple steps to check your
Journal publications (Sciences, Engineering,
Management, Law, and Arts & Humanities)
in the below mentioned databases:
1. Web of Science
2. Scopus
3. Google Scholar
4. Indian Citation Index

27. HOW TO CHECK YOUR PUBLICATION IN WEB OF SCIENCE?
• To check and verify the indexing of journals: Web of Science/SCI/SCIE
• Web of Science Core Collection
-Arts & Humanities Citation Index
-Science Citation Index Expanded
-Social Sciences Citation Index
-Emerging Sources Citation Index
• Open link: http://mjl.clarivate.com/cgi-
bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=%200927-0256
or
Open link: http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ and search (snap shot
attached)
Thomson Reuter Clarivate Analytics

28. HOW TO CHECK YOUR PUBLICATION IN SCOPUS/GOOGLE
SCHOLAR?
• To check and verify the indexing of journals: SCOPUS
• https://www.scopus.com/sources
• How to check your publication in Google scholar?
• You may simply check for the title of paper in
https://scholar.google.co.in/ showing full length paper for
authenticity.
Or
• Confirm for the last volume of the journal to be featured in
Google Scholar for considering it in the Google Scholar List.

29. HOW TO CHECK YOUR PUBLICATION IN INDIAN
CITATION INDEX?
• Check the journal name in ICI report available at
http://www.ncuindia.edu/ncu/research/rdil-
guidelines-forms
Or
• Go to http://www.indiancitationindex.com

31. WHAT MAKES A GOOD MANUSCRIPT?
• Contains a clear, useful, and exciting scientific
message.
• Flows in a logical manner that the reader can
follow.
• Is formatted to best showcase the material.
• Is written in a style that transmits the message
clearly.

32. THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF A FULL ARTICLE
• Title
• Authors
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Main text
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• And
• Discussion (Conclusions)
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Supplementary material

33. • Write in the following order:
• Figures and tables
• Methods, Results and Discussion
• Conclusions and Introduction
• Abstract and title
• Each section has a definite purpose.
WRITE BACKWARDS!

34. The review and editorial process

35. Submit a
paper
Basic requirements met?
REJECT
Assign
reviewers
Collect reviewers’
recommendations
Make a
decision
Revise the
paper
[Reject]
[Revision required]
[Accept]
[Yes]
[No]
Review and give
recommendation
START
ACCEPT
Author Editor Reviewer
SUBMISSION IS NOT A “BLACK HOLE”

36. IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
• Preparation is important but do not spend too much
time on your preparations
• Submit to the right journal (scope and prestige)
• Submit to one journal only
• Check the English
• Pay attention to structure
• Pay attention to journal
requirements
• Be honest

37. YOUR PAPER IS WORTHLESS IF NO ONE READS, USES, OR CITES IT
A research study is meaningful only if…
• it is clearly described, so
• someone else can use it in his/her studies
• it arouses other scientists’ interest and
• allows others to reproduce the results.
By submitting a manuscript you are basically trying to sell
your work to your community…

38. To register in Google Scolar, follow this link.:
https://scholar.google.com/citations

39. To register in ResearchGate, follow this link:
https://www.researchgate.net/login

40. To register in Publon, follow this link:
https://publons.com/dashboard/summary/

41. To register in Orcid, follow this link:
https://orcid.org/my-orcid

42. QUESTIONS?
Thanks for Your Kind Attention