Journal Indexing Agencies

This article will show you some of the Journal indexing agencies and how to do get your journal indexed?

Before going to the details let us understand some of the following important aspects of journal indexing.

Journal indexing means.

Indexing is a database of scientific journals having a good track record of maintaining the ethics and quality in terms of publication. Indexed journals considered to be higher quality in comparison to a non-indexed journal.

Indexing of a journal provides better visibility of the journal to a wider user. Being visible and accessible to larger people will cause better quality papers and results.

Also read: How to submit journal for journal impact factor

Almost every researcher and author search journals using these databases to find a particular journal. Indexing helps the researcher to find a good journal according to his/her needs.

What benefits for Indexed journals?

The indexed journal gets better visibility.
Gets quality papers from the authors for publication.
The Journal impact factor gets increased.
Authority and reputation of the journal get improved.

Journal indexing procedure

Indexing bodies

Most Journal indexing agencies or journal indexing bodies has a procedure and certain rule and regulations to index any journal.

If you are a publisher or the authorized person who wants to apply for Journal indexing then you must read the “Instructions or Regulation for publishers” before applying the journal.

Many Journal indexing agencies have certain rules like

Journal must have e-ISSN and p-ISSN
The Journal must have at least 5 issues or at least 1-3 years old.
Journal must have at least 60% foreign members on the editorial board etc.

These are some of the conditions of applying the journal for indexing. There could be many other points you should check.

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All Journal indexing agencies have an online journal submission form where the submitter needs to enter the information asked.

The Journal indexing agencies take 10 to 180 days to evaluate the journal and approve for indexing. After indexing, it may send you a confirmation email.

Some journal indexing sites have an inquiry form to ask about the indexing stages and proceedings. You can also check that.

All Indexing need be renewed after a certain time it may be annually, twice in a two year or once in a five year according to the Indexing body.

Journal indexing agencies list or Indexing bodies

Here are some of the most reputed journal indexing agencies where you can check the indexing and apply for it.

Google Scholar
Scopus
PubMed
EBSCO
IJIFACTOR
EMBASE
DOAJ
ISI Indexing
SCIE
SCIMAGOJR
OAJI
Index Copernicus
Open J Gate
Ulrich’s International Periodical Directory
BASE

Must read: Why to index your Journal in IJIFactor

Journal indexing procedure

Final words

There are many indexing bodies but these are some of the most trusted and reputed Journal indexing agencies referred by most universities in the world and research organizations. So use this database wisely and check other aspects also to choose the best journal for our research.