ScienceDirect is a website which provides subscription-based access to a large database of scientific and medical research. It contains the world’s largest electronic collection of full-text and bibliographic information on science, technology and medicine.
Journals are usually evaluated by means of citation metrics. Today two major journal-based metrics are in competition, i.e the Journal Impact Factor and CiteScore.
As parts of a multi-dimensional basket of metrics, CiteScore metrics help boost confidence in decision making.
Impact Factor is a quantitative metric for evaluating, comparing, and ranking scientific journals in different fields at the national or international level.
Journal Indexing helps maintain the ethics and quality in terms of publication and increase visibility, validity, availability, and readership of a paper.
Rapid publication of an article can speed up the process of distribution of findings, reduce the likelihood of plagiarism and data being stolen, and allow the researcher to begin the next study as soon as possible.
Publishing articles in high-quality and prestigious journals not only enhances the author’s credibility but also increases the chances of being reached and accessed for his/her articles among others, thereby increasing the number of citations to the article.
Journal metrics are bibliometric indicators focusing on measuring the impact of scholarly journals to allow scholars and researchers to measure, compare, and often rank research and scholarly publications.
Indexed journals are considered to be of higher quality in comparison to any non-indexed journals. Indexed journals enjoy better visibility and accessibility.
Every journal seeks to be named a valid source of scientific information and to be recognized as prestigious source among many other publications around the globe.