SUBJECT COVERAGE MANUAL

2021
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Scope Database Subject Coverage Manual

2021
www.scopedatabase.com
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
[email protected], [email protected]

Scope Database is the abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific

journals, conference proceedings, trade journals and book series. Scope
Database is the world’s most trusted global citation database used by many
research Intuitions all over the world. Scope Database provide a comprehensive
overview of the world's research output in the fields of Science, Engineering,
Technology, Management, Medicine, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.
Scope Database is a website that provides free access to multiple databases that
provide comprehensive citation data for many different academic disciplines.

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Table of Contents
S.No Topic Page Number
4-16
1 Introduction
Scope Database - An overview
Content Selection Committee (CSC)
Purpose and Extent of Scope Database
Why Choose Scope Database
Who Uses Scope Database
Content Policy and Title Selection Process
Key Contact Details
Scope Database Core Collection
How Scope Database works
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2 Coverage criterion of source
2.1 Serial sources
18-22
3 Coverage criterion of metadata
3.1 Scholarly research paper types
3.2 Abstracts
3.3 Keywords and Subject area
3.4 Cited references
3.5 Author Affiliation
3.6 Author profiles
3.7 Scope Database Researcher ID integration
3.8 Other metadata
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4 Coverage of sources
4.1 Scope Database Comprehensive title list
4.2 Scope Database title evaluation
4.3 Comprehensive coverage
4.4 Subject area coverage

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Scope Database – An Overview
• Scope Database is the abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed
scientific journals, conference proceedings, trade journals and book series.
Scope Database is the world’s most trusted global citation database used
by many research Intuitions all over the world. Scope Database provide a
comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of
Science, Engineering, Technology, Management, Medicine, Social
Sciences, Arts and Humanities.

• Scope Database is a website that provides open access to multiple databases

that provide comprehensive citation data for many different academic
disciplines or the development of researchers and all types institutions
Globally.

• Scope Database provide smart tools to track, analyse and visualise research
outputs in various subject areas. Scope Database is the most powerful
research engine, delivering your library with best-in-class publication and
citation data for confident discovery, access and assessment. Scope
Database is described as a unifying research tool which enables the user to
acquire, analyse, and disseminate database information in a timely manner
for effective decision making in all levels of business.

• Scope Database is Journal citation database launched in 2008. Scope

Database covers nearly 3500 titles of peer-reviewed journals in top-level
subject fields: life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and health
sciences

• Most of the academic and other institutions and millions of researchers trust
Scope Database to produce high-quality research outcome in all subject
areas. Scope Database enable research institutions to make more-informed
decisions that guide the future of their institution and research strategy that
makes the profit for the organization

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Scope Database Statistics as on January 2021

S.No Parameters Numbers
1 Number of Articles indexed 7,26,800
2 Number of Source Title include 4,540
3 Number of Authors indexed 10,89,560
4 Number of Citations for all indexed sou rce title 18,76,830
5 Number of Publishers covered 1,560
6 Number of Countries covered 136
7 Coverage Period from 1980 to 2020
8 Numbers of Institutions are indexed 50,980
9 Number of Conference Proceedings is covered 1,709
10 Numbers of Book tiles are indexed 54,892
11 Number of References indexed in Scope 28,87,930
Database
12 Number of Subject category Covered 350

• Scope Database Core Collection content is uniquely selective and our

indexing policy is uniquely consistent. Our independent Content Selection
Committee (CSC) ensures journal quality and content quality. Content
Selection Committee (CSC) works closely with journal and conference
publisher for 13 years of consistent, accurate and complete indexing has
created an unparalleled data structure.

• Scope Database is Journal citation database launched in 2008. Scope

Database covers nearly 3500 titles of peer-reviewed journals in top-level
subject fields: Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Health
Sciences. It covers Journals, Trade Journals, Book Series and Conference
Proceedings published in online and print mode. All journals covered in
the Scope database are reviewed each year to ensure high quality standards
are maintained. Scope Database review all journals every year maintained
in the Database to ensure high quality standards.

• Each and Every article and all cited references from every journal have
been indexed in Scope Database. Scope Database provide the most
comprehensive and complete citation network for effective decisions
making. Scope Database Core Collection indexes every piece of subject
cover-to-cover, creating a complete and certain view of over 25 years of
the highest-quality research.

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• All the journals and other sources that we select for inclusion in the
collection are indexed cover-to-cover. For each paper, we capture all
authors, all author affiliations, abstract and key words, funding
acknowledgements, including agency and grant numbers (if provided), and
all cited references.

Scope Database supports researchers, Professors, librarians, research

administrators and Institutions in three key areas which is mentioned below
Explore Identify Analyze
Explore by paper, author or Find related articles by Track citations metrics over
affiliation, or use Advanced references, authors and/or time for a set of authors or
Search keywords papers with Citation Overview

Refine results by access type, Identify and match an Evaluate trends in search
source type, year, author, institution with its scholarly results with Analyze Search
affiliation and more research output using Results
Affiliation search

Link to full-text research Identify co-authors or experts View h-index, g-index, i10, i5
articles along with other library with Author search indexes for individual authors
resources
Identify your profile through Evaluate an author’s publishing
Search by Country wise article integration with Scope productivity and research
distribution data Database Researcher ID impact with Author Evaluator
integration
Increase insight into journal or
Stay updated with email alerts, Benefit from indexing with other sources performance with
Twitter, Facebook & Blogs etc. Collective Discovery facilities Compare Journals, a tool
allowing you to analyze
Take advantage of interaction journals across multiple
with other solution provider analysis, including Impact
Factor Score, Scope Database
Journal Rank, H-index, G-
index and i-10 Index

Email Contact: [email protected]

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1.2 Content Selection Committee (CSC)

• Content Selection Committee (CSC) ensure that only the most reliable
scientific articles/papers and quality content is available on Scope Database
for researcher all over the world
• The content is conservatively selected by the independent Scope Database
Content Selection Committee (CSC), an international cluster of
technologists, scientists, professors, educationalist, industrialist,
researchers and librarians who represent the major scientific disciplines
available in Scope Database.
• Scope Database Content Selection Committee (CSC) members are
responsible for reviewing all new sources/titles/journals that are suggested
to Scope Database by the publisher/Institutions/Researchers. Content
Selection Committee (CSC) members also responsible for reviewing and
ensuring that the quality of existing content is maintained in Scope
Database for certain period.

Responsibility of Content Selection Committee (CSC)

• The Content Selection Committee (CSC) works closely with the Scope
Database team to understand how Scope Database is used by the
authors/publishers/institute, what content is relevant for different users and
what enhancements should be made in content to improve various search
conditions
• The recommendations of the CSC Board directly affect the overall
performance of Scope Database and the prioritization of new quality
content requests to ensure that Scope Database content stays globally and
relevant to the various users (Librarians, Authors, Academic Institute,
Government and private organisations) with different purpose of usage
• Scope Database works with multiple local Committee members with the
objective of advancement the overall principles and excellence of
journals/conferences published in non-English speaking countries.
Presently, local Committee are in available in India, France, Spain. China,
Thailand, Russia and South Korea.

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Scope Database Selection Standards

• Every year, approximately 2,500 new titles are suggested for inclusion in
Scope Database, but only 37% of those titles meet our minimum selection
criteria. Approximately 1200 titles, only 50% are accepted after CSC
review and inclusion in scope database.

• The international experts on our Content Selection Committee (CSC)

continually review new titles/journals using both quantitative and
qualitative measures identified by the Scope Database. Only serial
titles/journals may be suggested to the Content Selection Committee (CSC)
for inclusion on Scope Database. Serials include journals, conference
proceedings, trade journals and book series.

Contact CSS: [email protected]

1.3 Purpose and Scope of this manual

This manual is designed to deliver a comprehensive overview of all characteristics
of subjects covered in Scope Database.

1.4 Why Choose Scope Database

• Scope Database provides a common search language, navigation environment, and data
structure allowing researchers to search across different sources and use the citation
connections to measure research impact on different subject area.

• A platform providing access to multidisciplinary and regional citation indexes in various

subject fields.

• Scope Database index all authors from all publications that are indexed

• Scope Database index all author affiliations that are indexed

• In Scope Database Detailed Cited Reference Searching is available

• Scope Database Indexes every paper in the journals, books and proceedings covered (cover
to cover indexing for all sources.)

• In Scope Database all authors from all publications are indexed and searchable

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• Scope Database provide an overview of the world's scientific research output across all
subject area. Scope Database features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research
work

• Scope Database can discover evolving trends in the research and increase the visibility of
your research work globally

• Scope Database build a collaborative network all over the world to enhance the
collaborative research among various countries.

• Scope Database have ability to analyze search results by author, affiliation, country,
journal/book title, and broad subject categories.

• The Reason for choosing Scope Database

o Upgrade visibility of the research work

o Adoptive teamwork among various Institutions

o Support from Government and private institutions to conduct the research work

o Scope Database allows institution access to scientific, other research and simple
integration with existing platforms to increase efficiency of the research project

1.5 Who Uses Scope Database

• Scope Database is the abstract and indexing database for different purpose of usage.

• Academic institutions and government agencies use Scope Database to evaluate the
research work

• Ranking Institutions use Scope Database to rank the Institute capabilities in publication and
citation

• Globally, Scope Database citation metrics are used by most of the academic and other
institutions freely. The purpose of usage to analysis the publication metrics of the
Institutions and researchers.

• Scope Database is developed as an Open Access to provide the information needs of

researchers, educators, students, administrators and librarians across the entire academic
community in all over the world.

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Major Users of the Scope Database

• Academic Institutes

• Universities

• Government Agencies

• Research Scholars

• Corporate Institutions

• Researchers

• Educators

• Students in all level (UG, PG, Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral)

• Educational Administrators

• Librarians

• Research Institute

• Journal Publishers

• Conference Organisers

• Publishing companies

• Ranking Instructions

• Scientists

• Professors

• Financial Institutes

• Book Publishers

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1.6 Content Policy and Title Selection Process

Scope Database has a clearly pointed out the selection policy for
Journals/Conferences. Scope Database Content Selection Committee (CSC)
members ensure that select the content which meets high standards internationally

Scope Database includes titles/journals from more than 1,500 publishers

worldwide. These journals and conference papers are visible to millions of Scope
Database users. Scope Database users are read the content and cite it in their
papers/articles, grant applications, research reports and patent applications. To
ensure that Scope Database serves the broad information needs of researchers, our
Content Selection Committee (CSC) continuously reviews the titles/contents to
expand our content listings in all over the world in different subject field.

Scope Database helps to improve overall performance of the Publication

• Increase the visibility of your research publications in all over the world
among all researchers in various subject fields

• Scope Database provide access to a global audience of researchers to

publisher their research work in Scope Database indexed journal

• Helps the journal publisher to select best Editorial Board to ensure high
quality of the journal

• Track the performance of your research publications in various subject area

in year wise

• Monitor and analysis the competitor research publications in a global view

1.7 Scope Database Key Contact Details

Various Departments of Scope Database
Scope Database employees more than 250 persons in All Levels.
We have different Department in Scope Database office

• Source Collection Management Department

• Source evaluation and Re-evaluation division

• Indexing Division

• Citation and Journal metrics Department

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• Sales and Marketing Division

• Website and Database Development and maintenance Division

• Computer System Maintenance Division

• Research and Development Division

• Customer and Publisher Support Division

• Accounting and Finance Division

• General Admin division

• Content Selection Committee (CSC) Department

• Subscription Division

• University/Institute Co-ordination Division

• Legal and Complaints division

• Conference Division

• Book Series and Trade journal co-ordination Department

• Content Quality Control division

• Human Resource Division

• MIS Division

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Scope Database Email Contact and Responsibility

S. No. Purpose of contact Responsibility Email id
Collecting Source from
1 Source Collections [email protected]
the publisher
Evaluation of New
New Journal,
journals, conferences,
conference
2 trade journals and book [email protected]
proceedings and Trade
series for inclusion into
journal Evaluation
the Scope Database
Re-evaluation of
journals, conferences,
trade journals and book
3 Journal Re-Evaluation [email protected]
series which is already
indexed in Scope
Database
Any help for all kind of
4 Help [email protected]
business actives
All Business-Related
5 General Contact [email protected]
contact
New Title Suggestion
title-
6 New Title Suggestion communication among
[email protected]
Publishers
Major Communication
Chief Executive among internal and
7 [email protected]
Officer external business
activities
Payment Related All payment related
8 [email protected]
information queries
Submit the Submission of All
9 [email protected]
information customer requirements
Scope Database Internal
10 Administration [email protected]
administration
11 General information All General Query [email protected]
Online promotion and
12 Promotion support for new [email protected]
customers
13 Sales and Marketing Sales related query [email protected]
E-operations and
14 Director – Operations Support for new and [email protected]
existing customers
Responsible for Smooth
15 Managing Director operations of entire [email protected]
business activities

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All General enquiry

16 Enquiry about indexing and [email protected]
citation analysis
System, Website and
Database support for
17 Support [email protected]
internal and external
customers
E-Marketing and
General Manager-
18 promotion of Scope [email protected]
Marketing
Database product
Communication among
Content Selection
19 CSS Members and [email protected]
Committees
Scope Database
Scope Database Internal
20 Manager –Operations [email protected]
actives related query
All Publisher Related
21 Publisher Contact [email protected]
Enquiry
Research and
Development of Scope
22 Director –R & D [email protected]
Database for future
Innovation
Marketing of Scope
Vice President- Database Product and
23 [email protected]
Marketing Subscription related
queries
Any Compliant about
24 Complaints internal and external [email protected]
business-related issues
Responsible for
25 Director – Indexing indexing and metrics [email protected]
analysis
Director- University University Related
26 [email protected]
Relations contact
All Technical
Chief Technical
27 Operations related [email protected]
Officer
enquiry
Support to All customer
28 Customer Service [email protected]
needs
Report generation and
29 Reports communication to the [email protected]
customers
Chief Operating All Business Operations
30 [email protected]
Officer related activities

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1.8 Scope Database Core Collection

• The Scope Database is an open access online bibliographic database
containing abstracts and citations from journals, conference proceedings
and book series
• Scope Database provides free access to full text for all Open Access
journals.

The Scope Database Core Collection consists of 25 online databases which is given
below
1. Engineering and Technology Citation Index (ETCI)
2. Computing Citation Index (CCI)
3. Chemical Engineering Citation Index (CECI)
4. Material Science Citation Index (MSCI)
5. Architecture Citation Index (ACI)
6. Science Research Citation Index (SRCI)
7. Life Sciences Research Citation Index (LSRCI)
8. Social Sciences Research Citation Index (SSRCI)
9. Physical Science Research Citation Index (PSRCI)
10. Agriculture Citation Index (ACI)
11. Arts and Humanities Research Citation Index (AHRCI)
12. Health Sciences Research Citation Index (HSRI)
13. Education Citation Index (ECI)
14. Advanced Research Citation Index (ARCI)
15. Library and Information Sciences Citation Index (LISCI)
16. Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI)
17. Book Citation Index (BCI)
18. Law Citation Index (LCI)
19. Business, Management and Accounting Citation Index (BMACI)

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20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance Citation Index (EEFCI)

21. Language and Linguistics Citation Index (LLCI)
22. Energy Citation Index (ECI)
23. Environmental Science Citation Index (ESCI)
24. Mathematics Citation Index (MCI)
25. Physics and Astronomy Citation Index (PACI)

1.9 How Scope Database Works

Scope database provides a broad outline on International, Interdisciplinary Scientific
data and literature across all research fields in the World. Scope database covers in
the fields of Science, Technology, Medicine, Social sciences, Arts and Humanities.
Scope Database covers continuous access to critical research output from around
the world in all subject areas
• High Quality Research output from Scope Database
• Expert Evaluation of Research Outcome by Scope Database Content
Selection Committee (CSC)
• Converge of content in Many years (Coverage starts from 1980)
Researchers believe the information and data they discover with Scope Database.
Because the content on Scope Database comes from over 1,560 publishers that must
be reviewed and selected by an independent Content Selection Committee (CSC) to
be, and continue to be, indexed on Scope Database.

Scope Database Provide the following benefits to Researchers

• Identify and analyse which journals to read and submit for publication
• Help Researchers manage the career-To find the citation counts, h-index
and G-index
• Decide what, where and with whom to work for research
• Track the impact of research work and monitor global research trends
• Find out what's already in the world
• Determine how research subjects can be distinguished and discover
innovative research ideas

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2. SOURCES COVERAGE
The serial publications that have an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)
such as journals, book series and conference series, and non-serial publications that
have an ISBN (International Standard Book Number).
Scope Database implement a highly targeted approach of identifying content
types that are significant to each discipline and expanding coverage period. Examples
of this include two major expansion works which focused on

• Conference documents: an important subject areas such as engineering,

computer science, physics, chemistry and mathematics

• Book titles: a prime source in the Engineering, social sciences, arts and
humanities

2.1. Serial Source Types

Scope Database indexes serial publications like journals, trade journals, book series
and conference materials that have an ISSN.

Journals

Journals covers the main subject areas in Scope Database and can have several
formats. Titles are wisely chosen according to our subject coverage procedure. Any
serial publication with an ISSN can be suggested for review and indexed in Scope
Database

Trade Journals

Trade Journals (serial publications) is a magazine or newspaper

contain articles written by professionals to provide practical information and to
promote education and skills within a particular trade or industry, and are available
in paper and/or online format.

Trade journals are indexed in Scope Database that are scientifically relevant to
our subject area. Only research articles or article reviews of scientific significance
are indexed in Scope Database that having not less than one page and one mentioned
author in the document.

Book Series

A book series is a sequence of books having an ISSN, in common that are formally
identified together as a group and in which each volume and/or issue is a book with

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an ISBN. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same
author, or marketed as a group by their publisher.

Conference Documents

Conference documents includes into the Scope Database as a special issue from a
journal and as an exclusive conference proceeding. Scope Database covers
conference proceeding that publish full-text articles, i.e., conference papers. The
conferences papers with abstracts only (meeting abstracts) are not considered for
index.

Conference coverage in Scope Database is focused mainly on those subject areas

where conference papers represent a significant section of published document, e.g.,
engineering, computer science physics, chemistry, mathematics physics and business
management

Contact: Source Collection: [email protected]

3. COVERAGE OF METADATA
3.1 Types of Documents
Scope Database covers primary documents from serial publications with the author
is identical to the researcher and does not include secondary document types that the
author is not identical to the person behind the presented research, such as biography
and book reviews.

Types of Documents Covered in Scope Database

Article: Original Research paper
An article is considered to be original research if,

• it is the report of a study written by the researchers who actually did the
study.
• the researchers describe their hypothesis or research question and the
purpose of the study.
• the researchers detail their research methods.
• the results of the research are reported.
• the researchers interpret their results and discuss possible implications.
• The paper in trade journals are usually shorter than in peer-reviewed
academic journals.

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Article-in-Press (AiP)

Articles in Press are peer reviewed, accepted articles to be published in this

publication

Book series: Scholarly monographs or whole book

Books with specific chapters, each chapter, in addition to a general element

summarizing the book, is also included with the source type Book Series.

Chapter: A book chapter of section

A chapter is one of the main divisions of a piece of writing of relative length, such
as a book

Conference Paper: Conference papers are articles that are submitted to a

conference to get an opportunity to present your results

Conference papers refer to articles that are written with the goal of being accepted
to a conference: typically a venue with a specific scope where you can present your
results to the community, usually as an oral presentation, a poster presentation, or a
tabled discussion.

Document types not Covered in Scope Database

Book Reviews

The book reviews are not represent primary literature. As a review, only be able to
show the title of the book review, which is identical to the original book, causing
confusion to scholars.

Conference proceedings Abstracts

Conferences that publish only abstracts (meeting abstracts) are not indexed.

3.2 Abstracts
Almost all records in Scope Database contains an abstract in order to provide users
with brief summary about the research presented in the database. The availability of
abstracts in Scope Database helps identify all related results for their research across
the source title, article title, abstract, keywords and references.

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3.3 Keywords and Index keywords

Scope Database adds index keywords for all the papers manually.

A global group of qualified experts assigns index terms to the database according
to the following online databases in Scope Database.

1. Engineering and Technology Citation Index (ETCI)

2. Computing Citation Index (CCI)
3. Chemical Engineering Citation Index (CECI)
4. Material Science Citation Index (MSCI)
5. Architecture Citification Index (ACI)
6. Science Research Citation Index (SRCI)
7. Social Sciences Research Citation Index (SSRCI)
8. Physical Science Research Citation Index (PSRCI)
9. Agriculture Citation Index (ACI)
10. Arts and Humanities Research Citation Index (AHRCI)
11. Health Sciences Research Citation Index (HSRI)
12. Education Citation Index (ECI)
13. Advanced Research Citation Index (ARCI)
14. Library and Information Sciences Citation Index (LISCI)
15. Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI)
16. Book Citation Index (BCI)

There is no limit to add the number of index keywords in the database. Only the
index keywords that have a direct connection with the core subject of the research
paper are added and made searchable on Scope Database in order to evade displaying
inappropriate results.

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3.4. Cited References

Cited Reference searching should be a part of any research article search. If
searching with keywords to find papers, may be missing result on important papers.
A cited reference search starts with a known item and moves forward in time,
potentially guiding through the evolution of a concept in the literature of one or
more fields.

• Scope Database capture all cited references regardless of age or document

type.
• Authors may search for their published documents to understand the impact
the research is having on other researchers and subjects.

3.5. Affiliation search

Affiliation data search is freely available in Scope Database with largest data source
(more than 25,000 institution profiles). The Scope Database intelligent tool that
automatically recognize and combine an organization with all of its research work.
This tool is very useful to analyze the research work metrics of the researchers of
Universities / Institutions.

3.6 Author Profiles search

Author profile search is freely available in Scope Database with the largest data
source. The Scope Database intelligent tool that automatically recognize and
combine with all of his/her research work. This tool is used for analyzing citation
metrics and other analysis of authors.

The Scope Database smart Identifier assigns a unique ID for each author in and
combine together all of the research work done by that author. Author Identifier uses
an advanced technology that merge author names based on their affiliation,
designation, department, subject area, source title, email id and co-authors. An author
can request corrections or merge to their author details directly from their profile
page using the Scope Database Author search result page or send email to Scope
Database.

3.7. Scope Database Researcher ID (SDRID) Integration

Scope Database Researcher ID (SDRID) is dedicated to solving the name ambiguity
problem in scholarly research by assigning a unique identifier to each author.

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3.8. Other Metadata

Acknowledgement & Funding Data

Scope Database is includes Acknowledgement & funding data in database. This

allows the content to be searchable and makes easier to identify what research is
being funded or supported and by whom.

This includes the following information:

• Funder (i.e., Department of Science and Technology, India)

• Funding phrase (i.e., DST)

• Funding ID (i.e., DST-23923032162)

Open Access (OA)

• A Computer Database is defined 'open access' when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers
to accessing it - that is to say when anyone can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search for
and search within the information, or use it in education or in any other way within the legal
agreements.

• Open access is a publishing model for scholarly communication that makes research information
available to readers at no cost, as opposed to the traditional subscription model in which readers
have access to scholarly information by paying a subscription (usually via libraries).

• One of the most important advantages of open access is that it increases the visibility and reuse of
academic research results. There is also criticism, and the aspect of quality deserves extra effort.
The principles of open access are set out in the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge
in the Sciences and Humanities (2003). This declaration has been signed by many international
organisations for academic research, including all Indian and Dutch universities and research
organisations.

• Researchers provide their articles to publishers for free, because their compensation comes in the
form of recognition for their findings. Open Access means more readers, more potential
collaborators, more citations for their work, and ultimately more recognition for them and their
institution.

• Scope Database is a free public web search engine for academic publications and literature,
developed by a group of Scientific researchers. Scope Database launched in 2008, and calculated
metrics manually and by 2018 launched globally through www.scopedatabase.com,the tool features
an entirely new data structure and search engine using semantic user interface search technologies.

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4. COVERAGE OF SOURCES (JOURNALS, BOOKS AND

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS)
4.1. Scope Database Title List
The sources list are updated daily and include journals, Conferences and other
sources with significant coverage on www.scopedatabase.com at the time of the
update.

4.2. Scope Database Source Title Evaluation Procedure

Scope Database CSC continually reviews new titles from various subject like
sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts for inclusion, using
transparent selection criteria.

Librarians from various institutions, research scholars, publishers and journal editors
may propose new title suggestions from the following link

https://scopedatabase.com/title-suggestion

Email Contact: [email protected]

Criteria for Title Selection

All journal titles should meet all of these minimum criteria for review and
evaluation of the journal title
• Journal should publish only peer-reviewed content
• Journal Should provide publicly available peer review process
• Journal must include Editorial/Review Board consists of Members from all
over the world. Members affiliation details should be included in the list
including email id.
• Articles/papers Should be published on regular basis
• Journals should have International Standard Serial Number
(ISSN)registered with the ISSN International Centre
• The Journal content should be relevant and readable by an international
audience
• References given in Roman script
• Paper title and abstract should be English Language
• Aim and Scope of the Journal should be indicated properly
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• Subject area coverage should be included in the journal web page

• Journal should have publicly available publication ethics and publication
malpractice statement
• Publication ethics statement should be included in the journal web page
• Proper Contact details of the editor should be publicly available with email
id
CSC associates are subject expertise and are dedicated to dynamically seeking
out and selecting best sources like journals & conferences that meets the standards
of the research community. Journals & conferences are entitled for review by the
CSC will be evaluated on the following criteria in Six categories:

Journals eligible for review by the CSS will be evaluated on the following
criteria in six categories:

Category Criteria

Considerable editorial policy and Editorial Members

Geographical diversity in distribution of editors & authors
Type of peer review process
Open access or restricted access
Policy Statement
Contact details of the publisher/editor
Presence of Peer Review policy
Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
Article Removal policy

Academic contribution and implications to the area of study

Intelligibility of abstracts and keywords
Aims, scope of the journal and Subject Coverage quality
Quality of articles
Content Quality Scholarly Content
Clarity of English Language
Journal format
Author Affiliation Details
Editorial Board affiliation details

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Citedness of scholarly articles in Scope Database, Google Scholar,

Web of Science, Scopus and other indexing search engines
Editor or Editor in Chief standing
Appropriate Citation to the Title
Journal Standing Content Significance
Author citation analysis
Comparative citation analysis
Editorial/Review Board Composition
Author distribution in different country

No delays or interruptions in the publication frequency in online and

print mode
Publishing Approximate Paper Acceptance time
frequency Approximate Type setting and publishing time
Approximate Indexing time in various indexing search engines
Adherence to Call for Paper Schedule

Full or part (Title, Author information, Abstract, References) content

available online
Online English language webpage
Availability Detailed journal home page
URL of the Journals (For online journals)
Journal Website Functionality

Article originality
Article Quality in terms of typesetting parameters
Article Acceptance Rate
Quality
Review Time
Parameters
Plagiarism Rate
Adherence to the Community Standards
Validity of Statements

Source Title Re-evaluation Process

Scope Database re-evaluate all the title/journal already indexed in Scope Database
to maintain their quality metrics year over year. To regulate journal quality, Scope
Database execute the yearly Re-evaluation process, which identifies the quality of
journals.

The review criteria for re-evaluation are same to the Scope Database content
selection criteria used for newly suggested titles/journals. After completion of the re-
evaluation process, the CSC will decide to either continue a journal’s coverage or to
discontinue the journal its coverage in Scope Database (Subject area covered in

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Scope Database prior to the re-evaluation completion will remain in Scope

Database). If necessary Scope Database will remove all indexed data from Scope
Database for a particular journal or publisher
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Content Selection Committee (CSC)

• Content Selection Committee (CSC) ensure that only the most reliable
scientific articles/papers and quality content is available on Scope Database
for researcher all over the world

• The content is correctly selected by the independent Scope Database

Content Selection Committee (CSC) an international group of scientists,
professors, educationalist, industrialist, researchers and librarians who
represent the major scientific disciplines available in Scope Database.

• Scope Database Content Selection Committee (CSC) members are

responsible for reviewing all new titles/journals that are suggested to Scope
Database by the publisher. Content Selection Committee (CSC) members
also responsible for reviewing and ensuring that the quality of existing
content is maintained in Scope Database for certain period.

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Responsibility of Content Selection Committee (CSC)
• Scope Database Content Selection Committee (CSC) an international
group of scientists, professors, educationalist, industrialist, researchers and
librarians who represent the major scientific disciplines available in Scope
Database. CSC Members will review and evaluate the all titles/journals that
are suggested to Scope Database by the publisher

• The CSC Board is comprised of 45 Subject Chairs, each representing a

specific subject field/area. The Committee works closely with the Scope
Database team to understand how Scope Database is used by the
authors/publishers/institute, what content is relevant for different users and
what enhancements should be made in content to improve various search
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• The recommendations of the CSC Board directly affect the overall

performance of Scope Database and the prioritization of new quality
content requests to ensure that Scope Database content stays globally and
relevant to the various users (Librarians, Authors, Academic Institute,
Government and private organisations) with different purpose of usage

• Scope Database works with multiple local Committee members with the
objective of advancement the overall quality standards and quality of
journals/conferences published in non-English speaking countries.
Currently, local Committee are in available in India, France, Spain. China,
Thailand, Russia and South Korea.

Scope Database Selection Standards

• Every year, approximately 2,500 new titles are suggested for inclusion in
Scope Database, but only 37% of those titles meet our minimum selection
criteria. Approximately 1200 titles, only 50% are accepted after CSC
review and inclusion in scope database.

• The international experts on our Content Selection Committee (CSC)

continually review new titles/journals using both quantitative and
qualitative measures identified by the Scope Database. Only serial
titles/journals may be suggested to the Content Selection Committee (CSC)
for inclusion on Scope Database. Serials include journals, conference
proceedings, trade journals and book series.

Scope Database Title Evaluation Tool

The Scope Database Title Evaluation intelligent tool is a web-based process from
submission until the final decision, including the feedback to the suggester and
publisher/editor. The intelligent tool offers several benefits, including:
• Feedback on why the suggested title was accepted or rejected
• Quick decision-making process
• Transparent Title Selection Procedure
• Tracker

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4.4 Subject Area Coverage

Scope Database offers the widest, most unified coverage of peer-reviewed works and
web sources across the subject areas like sciences, technology, medicine, social
sciences and arts & humanities.

Sources are classified as four main subject groups (life sciences, physical
sciences, health sciences and social sciences & humanities), which are further
divided into 45 major subject areas and 320+ minor subject areas.

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Disclaimer: The words, terms & phrase used in this manual are commonly used in the
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