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Twenty-five journals in May. Twelve more in June. In just two months, Scopus has excluded 37 titles from its database. Each update is not a piece […]

Global scholarly output is on pace to cross 6 million articles in 2026, up from an estimated 5.5 million in 2025. That is not simply more […]

In 2025, Scopus removed 56 journals from its index. The pace hasn’t slowed in 2026 — 25 more titles were discontinued in the May/June update alone, […]

You submitted your manuscript. You followed every formatting guideline, checked the journal scope twice, and hit Submit with cautious optimism. Then you waited. And waited. Six […]

Scopus has released its April–May 2026 update — and this time, 25 journals have lost their indexation. Two months. Twenty-five journals. Gone.   Different countries, different […]

Most researchers treat Scopus indexing as a stable signal. If a journal appears in the database, it must be safe to publish there. This assumption is […]

You’ve written your paper. Now the real waiting begins. Most researchers dramatically underestimate how long the path from submission to Scopus indexing actually takes — and […]

Scopus has published its latest database update and March 2026 is a record month for journal removals. Sixteen journals. At once. From different countries, different fields, […]

My name is Vasyl Malets, Director of Futurity Publishing and author of the analytical series “Journals That May Lose Scopus Indexing”.  This is our second issue […]

Most researchers don’t get rejected because their work is bad.  They get rejected because they picked the wrong journal.  After working with 2,500+ scientific journals and […]

You’ve been publishing for years, yet your h-index won’t budge? The problem is rarely the quality of your research — it’salmost always the strategy.  What the […]

Scopus has published its February 2026 database update — and this time, 7 journals have lost their indexing. What stands out immediately: six out of seven […]

In 2025 alone, predatory journals deceived an estimated 5,000+ researchers worldwide, extracting over $20 million in publication fees. These were not obscure blogs or obvious scam […]

The January 2026 Scopus update brought seven exclusions: five journals received Discontinuation status and two were removed under Journal Change Policy. The list spans multiple countries […]

My name is Vasyl Malets, Director of Futurity Publishing and author of the analytical series “Journals That May Lose Scopus Indexing”. This is the first issue […]

Introduction In 2026, the world of academic publishing is undergoing transformations comparable to the digital boom of the past decade. The rise of generative artificial intelligence, […]

Official list, actual status, and risks for authors The Scopus update for December 2025 turned out to be one of the most high-profile over the past […]

Official Update & Source Analysis On December 11, Scopus released its latest indexing update for 2025, resulting in: 8 journals officially discontinued; 2 journals silently removed […]

Publishing in Scopus-indexed journals is a crucial milestone for any researcher. Yet in recent years, a new wave of deceptive practices has emerged — cases where […]

Scopus has once again demonstrated its ongoing efforts to maintain publication integrity across its database.The October 2025 update resulted in the removal of several journals from […]

My name is Vasyl Malets — Director of Futurity Publishing and an expert in scientometrics. In this edition, we review five new journals currently at high […]