How to index a journal in Scopus

Ari Fahrial Syam Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia • Editorial Board Acta Medica Indonesiana (PUBMED Published) • Associate Editors Of The Indonesian Journal Of Gastroenterol,

Hepatol, Digestive Endoscopy • Editorial Board Journal Makara Seri Kesehatan

• Editorial Board World Journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy • Senior Editor in Majalah Dokter Kita

• www.dokterari.com • @dokterari

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Structure Faculty of Medcine, Universitas Indonesia

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Scopus

• The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings

https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus 3

Planning the Article

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Always keep in mind that

your published papers, are a permanent record of your research, are your

passport to your community…

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Why do we need Scopus?

Navigation is the Next Big Thing:

There is simply too much information available

And too little time to search it all

On the web, in databases, in libraries

Scopus will supply researchers with workflow tools that increase

their productivity

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Scopus selection criteria

Journal policy

• Convincing editorial concept/policy

• Level of peer-review

• Diversity in geographic distribution of editors

• Diversity in geographic distribution of authors

Quality of content • Academic contribution to the field

• Clarity of abstracts

• Quality and conformity with stated aims & scope

• Readability of articles

Journal standing • Citedness of journal articles in Scopus

• Editor standing

Regularity • No delay in publication schedule

Online availability • Content available online

• English-language journal home page

• Quality of home page

http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus/scopus-in-detail/content-selection

Pre-selection conditions

Minimum criteria

•Peer-review

•English abstracts

•Regular publication

•References in Roman

script

•Publication ethics

statement

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Indonesian Journal

Indonesian Government has encouraged every Universities in Indonesia to make a good journal that should be indexed by Scopus, one of them is Medical Journal of Indonesia

Journal Index Scopus very important for Indonesia

Medical Journal of Indonesia available in SCOPUS and the coverage issues started in 2015 - forwards

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Title: Medical Journal of Indonesia

ISSN / E-ISSN: 0853-1773 /

Publisher: Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia

Dear Nuryati Chaerani Siregar,

The title mentioned above has been evaluated for inclusion in Scopus by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB). The review of this title is now complete and the CSAB has advised that the title has been rejected and will not be included in Scopus at the present time. For your information, the reviewer comments are copied below:

This is a well presented Indonesian multidisciplinary medical journal, published in English. Unfortunately, the content is weak. Greater subject specialisation and strategic partnership with other regional journals would almost certainly help raise standards and widen the content to an international readership and authorship.

If in the future these comments are addressed, you may decide to submit a new application at any time after the following date: October 2014.

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Yours sincerely,

The Scopus Team

Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers

• Sources of author: • Staff

• Student (Under graduate, Master and PhD)

• Adjunct Professor/collaborator (visiting researcher/lecturer

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Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers

• Reason to Publish in Med J Indones: • Listed in Pubmed/Scopus / etc

• Accredited as international publication by DGHE

• Collaboration with Elsevier/Blackwell Publishing/Springer/ Acta Med Indones

• Honorarium for author (for the first 3 years)

• Writing prize for best paper (big prize)

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Creating a Good Research Atmosphere coordinating with all faculty elements

Increasing High-Quality Research and Researcher Number Workshops, Competitions, Grants, Appreciation

Increasing Publication Number Workshops, Competitions, Grants, Appreciation

Cooperating with Research Coordinator in Departments to encourage Research and Publication, inc.to promote MJI

Building partnership with Government and Potential Collaborator (National and International) to get Grants, to establish collaboration with

International Journals

Coordinating with Venture Manager for establishing MJI Quality Control System

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Instruction for authors: • Administration requirements (Submission, Study

Ethics, Publication Ethics) • Structure and Language • Authorship • Abstract and Keywords • Text • Statistical Methods • Conflicts of Interest • Acknowledgements • Tables/Figures/Legend of Figures • References

http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/about/submissions#authorGuidelines 14

Manuscript Requirement • Title page

• Authors’ contributions

• General Format

• Title

• Abstract

• Main text

• Acknowledgments, conflict of interest, funding

• References

• Appendices

http://www.inaactamedica.org/index_sub.asp?fuseaction=authors

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Steps

• Identify original work

• Record the data in table, figures, or charts Complete Research

• Write the journal as per journal formatting

• Good quality images Prepare the Manuscript

• Upload the paper Submission

• Feedback need to be considered and applied Manuscript gets reviewed

• Depending on the feedback by the reviewer, the paper is rejected, asked to be reviewed, or accepted Decision

• Final checks of quality

• Placed in queue for publication Acceptance

Publication

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Weakness and Solution

Weakness Solution

Does not have reviewer Having collaboration with others to increase the reviewer

Limited English language Every department (Clinical Surgery, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, etc) has reviewers to review about the language, methods, and also contents

Limited journal publication Most article from dissertation and thesis upload into MJI indexed in Scopus

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English is not our mother tongue, so

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The Important of Language

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Poor language quality can delay or block publication of

work

Proper English should be used throughout the

manuscript

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Do publishers correct language?

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The reviewing process

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Peer review

Helps to determine the quality, validity, significance, and originality of research

Helps to improve the quality of papers

Publishers are outside the academic process and are not prone to prejudice or favour

Publishers facilitate the review process by investing in online review systems and providing tools to help Editors and Reviewers

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What is it?

Peer review places the reviewer, with the author, at the heart of scientific publishing

Reviewers make the editorial process work by examining and commenting on manuscripts

Without peer review there is no control in scientific communication

Reviewers are the backbone of the whole process

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The most serious issues to avoid

These are the 3 most common forms of ethical misconduct that the research community is challenged with:

1. Fabrication Making up research data

2. Falsification Manipulation of existing research data

3. Plagiarism Previous work taken and passed off as one’s own

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What may be plagiarised? Words (language)

Ideas

Findings

Writings

Computer programs

Diagrams

Illustrations

Information

Printed material

Electronic material

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How to Improve a Journal

Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers

Offering authors better services

More careful article selection

Boosting the journal’s media profile

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