Publications in Scopus & WoS

Publications in Scopus & WoS We share our experience of publishing articles in Scopus, WoS.

You wait months (and sometimes even years) for a response from the editorial board, only to receive standard replies lik...
25/08/2026

You wait months (and sometimes even years) for a response from the editorial board, only to receive standard replies like: “Your article is under review; please wait.”
⏳Time is ticking, deadlines are looming, and your research paper is stuck in the journal’s archives like dead weight…

❌Why does a manuscript get stuck for so long?
🔹 Submitting without preparation. Submitting an article without first reviewing its structure, relevance, and the journal’s strict requirements means that your work is doomed to an endless cycle of formal revisions.
🔹 Reviewer burnout. Reviewers for Scopus and WoS journals simply cannot keep up with the enormous flow of articles.

✅How can you break this cycle?
Set strict deadlines: if an article has been stagnant for more than six months, that’s a reason to withdraw it. But it’s better not to let it reach that point. Start with the most important step—a preliminary expert review.

💡At Publ.Advance, we help you assess your manuscript’s real chances of success, choose the optimal strategy, and select a support package even before submitting it to the editorial board. Your article should contribute to your citation index, not sit in the archives.

📩 Want to discover your manuscript’s true potential and minimize the risk of the journal not responding?
Submit your text for a preliminary audit: [email protected]

Every month, new journals on a wide variety of topics are added to the SCOPUS database. These journals are an excellent ...
19/08/2026

Every month, new journals on a wide variety of topics are added to the SCOPUS database. These journals are an excellent opportunity to make a name for yourself if the journal's percentile and quartile are not important to you for publication.
🛑IMPORTANT! Only accepted journals do not yet have a percentile or quartile, but they are indexed by SCOPUS.

We would like to bring to your attention three journals that were added to the database in July and are worth paying attention to.

Sustainability Science and Technology ISSN: 2977-3504
🎯 Scope: An interdisciplinary journal on scientific and technological solutions for sustainable development.
💰Publication fee: £1,800; discounts are available for certain groups of countries!
⏱️Review time: 3-4 months

Educational Linguistics ISSN: 2748-9310
🎯 Scope: Empirical research in the field of educational linguistics.
💰Publication fee: free in closed access.
⏱️Review time: 4-6 months

Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research eISSN 2325-7342
🎯 Scope: social, clinical, experimental, gender, personality, cognitive, diversity, health, counseling, developmental, and educational psychology.
IMPORTANT! Only one author is required to be a Psi Chi member (either the first author or a coauthor). Detailed information is available on the journal's website.
💰Publication fee: free in open access.
⏱️Review time: 90 days.

❓FAQ
When will an accepted journal receive a percentile?
There is no exact timeframe, as it varies for each journal. For example, if a journal is added to the database in January, it may receive a percentile as early as the next re-evaluation in June of the same year.

👉 Want to get published in one of these journals?
We'll help you through every step of the scientific publication process: from choosing a journal to getting indexed.
Please send us your article topic, and we'll suggest some great journals.

Have you heard the story about an author whose article was rejected by a Scopus journal with the comment “High level of ...
07/08/2026

Have you heard the story about an author whose article was rejected by a Scopus journal with the comment “High level of AI-generated text”?

By 2026, the editorial systems of international databases (Scopus, WoS) will have learned to detect generated text just as easily as regular plagiarism.

Trying to “save time” by generating a section of a paper using a neural network leads to three critical problems 👇

📌 1. AI detection modules in Turnitin and StrikePlagiarism
Journal editorial boards use updated algorithms. If the system detects 15–20% generated text, the editorial board rejects the submission without the possibility of resubmission.
📌 2. Fictitious sources and fake DOIs
Neural networks regularly “hallucinate”: they invent nonexistent articles, authors, and references.
📌 3. Lack of scientific novelty
AI is incapable of conducting in-depth analysis or proposing an original hypothesis—it merely compiles basic facts from the web.

🛡 How do we guarantee 100% academic integrity at Publ.Advance?

We are convinced that true science is created only by people.

▪️ All texts and support are provided by experts with advanced degrees in your field. ▪️ No AI or plagiarism: ▪️ Complete confidentiality: Your reputation and security are our top priority.

💡 Want to find out how ready your article is today?

📩 Contact us—we’ll conduct a free audit of your work and provide recommendations for optimization

🤔When a colleague talks about successfully getting a paper published in Scopus in two weeks, it’s important to understan...
31/07/2026

🤔When a colleague talks about successfully getting a paper published in Scopus in two weeks, it’s important to understand the technical side of the process.

🤞According to the official guidelines of the world’s leading publishers, it’s impossible to go through the peer-review process legally within that timeframe.

What makes up the actual turnaround time❓
1️⃣ Just the initial check of the article’s structure, originality, and alignment with the journal’s aims takes up to 14 days. 2️⃣ Next, the manuscript is sent to at least two independent reviewers, who examine the methodology and validity of the data. This stage takes one to three months (more often, up to six months or longer).

⛔️If an article is published within two weeks, it means there was no peer review. A journal that practices this approach is guaranteed to be on the list of candidates for exclusion.

The joy of a quick publication will be replaced by the invalidation of your results during the next database audit.

🟢Don’t risk your career for the sake of a perceived time savings.

We work exclusively with reputable journals!
With us you can:
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Every month, new journals on a wide variety of topics are added to the SCOPUS database. These journals are an excellent ...
24/07/2026

Every month, new journals on a wide variety of topics are added to the SCOPUS database. These journals are an excellent opportunity to make a name for yourself if the journal's percentile and quartile are not important to you for publication.

🛑IMPORTANT! Only accepted journals do not yet have a percentile or quartile, but they are indexed by SCOPUS.

We would like to bring to your attention three journals that were added to the database in May-June and are worth paying attention to!

1️⃣Urbanization, Sustainability and Society (USS) ISSN: 2976-8993
eISSN: 2976-8993
Focus: urban planning, climate adaptation, sustainable transportation, urban governance, “smart” cities, resource use, and urban sustainability; a key requirement is the analysis of the social impacts of proposed technical solutions.
💰Publication fee: free for restricted access, £1,250 for open access.
⏱️Review time: 60–70 days on average.

2️⃣Human Behavior, Development and Society (HBDS) ISSN: 2651-1762 (Online)
Focus: education, business and management, linguistics and communication, as well as public health and well-being, with an emphasis on sustainable development, social well-being, intercultural interaction, and the practical relevance of research, particularly in the context of Southeast Asia.
‼️Important! Manuscripts must be submitted no later than December 31 for the April issue, April 30 for the August issue, and August 31 for the December issue.
💰Publication fee: None; free open access.
⏱️Review period: 6–8 months

3️⃣Anatolian Journal of General Medical Research E-ISSN: 3023-6215
Focus: General medicine and clinical medical research covering various medical specialties, including basic and clinical research, reviews, case reports, and other materials of scientific and practical significance to the medical community.
💰Publication fee: None; free open access.
⏱️Review time: 4–5 months

❓FAQ
When will an accepted journal receive a percentile?
There is no exact timeframe, as it varies for each journal. For example, if a journal is added to the database in January, it may receive a percentile as early as the next re-evaluation in June of the same year.

👉 Want to get published in one of these journals?
We'll help you through every step of the scientific publication process: from choosing a journal to getting indexed.
Please send us your article topic, and we'll suggest some great journals.

🔍 An updated list of journals indexed in the Scopus database has been published. ‼️More than 10 journals have been remov...
17/07/2026

🔍 An updated list of journals indexed in the Scopus database has been published.

‼️More than 10 journals have been removed from the database this month! You can see exactly which journals these are in our private Telegram channel via the link in the comments‼️

❓Why it’s important to check the updated list:
🔺Submitting a manuscript to a journal that has lost its indexing status carries the risk of losing your status, time, and money!
🔺Given the regular updates to the Scopus database, checking a journal’s status before submitting an article has become a necessary procedure for any researcher.

The official list is available for download below ⬇️

🎁 Support from the team: If you have doubts about a journal’s status or don’t know how to check its current status, the Publ.Advance team will conduct a free check of the journal’s Scopus indexing for you.

Feel free to reach out—we’re here to help.

Every researcher aims to optimize their expenses and the time they spend. However, in the world of international publish...
10/07/2026

Every researcher aims to optimize their expenses and the time they spend. However, in the world of international publishing, the three factors—“low-cost” “fast,” and “Scopus”—almost never align when it comes to reputable, indexed journals.

☝️Attempting to find a compromise and get it all at once is the main source of academic risks for graduate students and grant recipients.

Why this paradox is inevitable:
❌ High price + Promise of quick results = The predatory journal trap.
Taking advantage of authors’ panic as deadlines approach, unscrupulous journals issue huge bills for publication fees, promising to publish an article in 2–3 weeks without a lengthy peer-review process. The result is disastrous: the journal is removed from the Scopus database, the article is not indexed, and the author loses money, time, and their research.

💼 High price + Consistently high quartile = An investment in quality. It is possible to quickly pass through a rigorous international editorial board (Q1–Q2). But the high cost here consists of engaging subject-matter experts for an in-depth review, high-quality academic translation, and official publishing fees for open-access publication.

⏳ Free + Self-submission = A loss of up to 2 years.
Publication in reputable closed-access journals is usually free. But in this case, you pay with your time. Official rounds of revisions and waiting for responses from international editors and reviewers typically take 1.5–2 years. If you’re on a tight deadline, this process becomes extremely stressful.

✅How do Publ.Advance experts help you find a balance and protect your interests?

We don’t offer risky workarounds—we manage the publication process professionally and systematically.

💎 Protect your academic reputation and save time. Send your topic or article draft to our experts for an initial analysis.

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🧐It’s a common misconception that you can start working on the mandatory publications 4–5 months before the deadline. Th...
03/07/2026

🧐It’s a common misconception that you can start working on the mandatory publications 4–5 months before the deadline.
This is a strategic miscalculation that often leads to the defense being postponed until the following year.

📆Realistic time management for publication:
🖌Technical phase: Adapting the structure to international standards, translation by a subject-matter expert, and plagiarism check -2–3 months.

👤Journal peer review: Review by independent experts in reputable journals-6 to 10 months.

🏆Indexing: The period from the issue’s publication to the article’s appearance in your author profile-2 to 3 months.

☝️Thus, the total cycle takes up to 12 months.
If your thesis defense is scheduled for next year, the optimal time to start working on the article is right now.
Having this time buffer will spare you from rushing and allow you to select the most prestigious journals.

✏️A research paper is an investment of your time, intellectual resources, and nerves. The most frustrating part of this ...
25/06/2026

✏️A research paper is an investment of your time, intellectual resources, and nerves. The most frustrating part of this process is receiving a rejection from the editorial board because the article didn’t fit the journal’s scope or meet its formatting requirements.

☝️At Publ.Advance, we advocate for a thoughtful approach to publication.
To save you from spending months communicate with the editorial board, we suggest starting with the most fundamental step - a preliminary review of your manuscript.

Why is this important BEFORE submission?
🔹 An honest assessment. We objectively analyze the scientific novelty and structure of your work. This helps determine whether your article is ready for submission to high-impact journals or requires strengthening of its arguments.

🔹 Strategic choice. Not all articles are suitable for the Premium package, and not all require the Basic package. We’ll advise you on which support option is best suited for your specific research.

🔹 Preventing revisions. Often, 80% of reviewers’ comments can be anticipated and addressed before the manuscript is even submitted.
✍️An audit gives you the opportunity to correct any contentious points in advance.

📍An audit doesn’t obligate you to anything, but it provides clear guidance: what needs to be revised, what deadlines you can meet, and which journal would be the ideal fit for your work.

📩 How to order an audit?
Message us on WhatsApp.

The answer to this question depends on the initial quality of your manuscript and choosing the appropriate journal quart...
19/06/2026

The answer to this question depends on the initial quality of your manuscript and choosing the appropriate journal quartile. A six-month timeline is entirely feasible, but it requires strict adherence to certain preparation guidelines before the publication process begins.

❓How can you meet the 6-month deadline?

⏳The main factor in saving time is the absence of additional rounds of peer review.

If the article initially has:
✅ a strong international context,
✅ transparent methodology,
✅ and perfect formatting,
editors and reviewers will accept it with minimal changes.

‼️To achieve this result, the article must undergo an independent audit before being submitted to the publisher. Timely correction of weaknesses in the Results and Discussion sections can save up to 4 months of standard review time.

📌Read the next post to learn how to properly start this process and what steps you need to take.

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