{"id":14957,"date":"2025-06-23T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/?p=14957"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:23:49","slug":"scimago-sjr-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/scimago-sjr-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructions for Scimago: what it is and how to use it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14957\" class=\"elementor elementor-14957\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e5d5ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e5d5ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ced20aa\" data-id=\"ced20aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffff228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffff228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"283\" data-end=\"618\"><span ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"364\">Scimago Journal &amp; Country Rank<\/strong><\/a><\/span> is a free analytical tool that allows you to check the quartile of a journal in Scopus.<br \/>The service automatically calculates the SJR and assigns the journal to a specific quartile (Q1\u2013Q4) so that you don&#039;t have to manually calculate the percentile.<\/p><p data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"1003\"><strong>Scimago updates data once a year<\/strong> \u2014 usually in April or May.<br \/>This is confirmed by the developers of Scimago Journal &amp; Country Rank (SJR) themselves and is observed annually:<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f During this period, SJR indicators for the previous calendar year are updated.<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f New journals included in Scopus are added during the year.<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Quartile indicators (Q1\u2013Q4) for all journals are listed.<\/p><p data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1249\"><strong>Example:<\/strong><br \/>In May 2024, data for 2023 were published.<br \/>That is, if it is May 2025, we are working with data for 2024.<br \/>For the entire year after the update, Scimago shows the same quartile data until the next update.<\/p><p><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f Important:<\/strong><br \/>Since the quartile in Scimago is only updated once a year, the data may become outdated. For example:<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Scimago still has the magazine in Q4 (according to 2023 data)<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f And in Scopus, according to CiteScore, it is already in Q2 (according to data for 2024)<\/p><p><strong>Risk:<\/strong> You may underestimate a quality journal or, conversely, choose a weak publication due to outdated information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92a5fb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92a5fb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0b689a\" data-id=\"f0b689a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6989743 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6989743\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to use Scimago - step-by-step instructions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f0926b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f0926b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1. Go to the website<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-250ef09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"250ef09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First of all, it is important to log in through the official website:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udc49 <\/a><span ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">h<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ttps:\/\/www.scimagojr.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f56232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f56232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Select the Journal Rankings tab<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5165b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a5165b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-1024x159.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14961\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-1024x159.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-768x119.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here.png 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eeff3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2eeff3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: There you can sort the logs:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0e5e5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0e5e5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>By category (field of knowledge);<\/li><li>By country;<\/li><li>By year;<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b8ebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57b8ebc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-10-1024x198.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14985\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-10-1024x198.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-10-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-10-768x149.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-10.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11474f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11474f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Step 4: By quartile (Q1\u2013Q4), SJR indicator \u2014 by clicking on the column header, you can sort from Q1 to Q4 and vice versa.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-330c0f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"330c0f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-11-1024x279.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14986\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-11-1024x279.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-11-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-11-768x209.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-11.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc0214 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1bc0214\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82981e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82981e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You can also view magazine statistics by country. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a52cb28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a52cb28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">!!! this is an interesting analytical tool:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18cbb27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18cbb27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1. Go to the Country Rankings tab<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29eeef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b29eeef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-3-1024x135.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14964\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-3-1024x135.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-3-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-3-768x101.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-3.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5468365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5468365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: For example, let&#039;s choose Germany from 1996 to 2024:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed4101c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed4101c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-13-1024x466.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14987\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-13-1024x466.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-13-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-13-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-13.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f897c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4f897c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you can see in the screenshot, here you can see the country&#039;s full statistics for <strong>H-index, number of documents, number of citations and number of citations per document:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac965ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac965ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-5-1024x459.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14966\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-5-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-5-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-5-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-5.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb5e23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebb5e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: You can also select the industry you need and view the full country statistics for the selected industry:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c16439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c16439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-14-1024x402.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14988\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-14-1024x402.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-14-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-14-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-14.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b233d7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b233d7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 4: You can also view journals by quartile (Q1\u2013Q4), SJR indicator - by clicking on DEU in SCImago Institutions Rankings:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2772172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2772172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-15-1024x410.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14989\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-15-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-15-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-15-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-15.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-474a813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"474a813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here you will find all the magazines in the country with the quartile, industry icon, and title shown:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02b75ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02b75ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-8-1024x537.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14969\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-8-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-8-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-8-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/click-here-8.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8ba56e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e8ba56e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe3b779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe3b779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The next step is to go to the journal card<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b928e76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b928e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For example, let&#039;s choose a magazine <span ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\/journalsearch.php?q=17700156734&amp;tip=sid&amp;clean=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology.<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><strong>There will be detailed information:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>In what directions is it indexed?<\/li><li>Country;<\/li><li>Quartile;<\/li><li>Publishing house;<\/li><li>ISSN;<\/li><li>What years does it cover?<\/li><li>Publishing house website;<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bdaeb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bdaeb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazhmite-zdes-3-scaled-1-1024x597.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14990\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazhmite-zdes-3-scaled-1-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazhmite-zdes-3-scaled-1-300x175.png 300w, 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>SJR change schedule by year:<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e7f81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6e7f81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazhmite-zdes-1-scaled-1-1024x399.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14975\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazhmite-zdes-1-scaled-1-1024x399.png 1024w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazhmite-zdes-1-scaled-1-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazhmite-zdes-1-scaled-1-768x299.png 768w, 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This is often where they warn if the journal is of poor quality, has indexing problems, or is suspected of fraud.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146190e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"146190e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-23_11-51-04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14976\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-23_11-51-04.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-23_11-51-04-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/a-articles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_2025-06-23_11-51-04-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54551c1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"54551c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fdb172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fdb172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>Results: <\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f2cc2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f2cc2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Scimago is a convenient and visual tool for quickly checking journals included in the Scopus database.<\/strong> Its main advantage is automatic quartile determination (Q1\u2013Q4) and open access to the database with filters by country, industry, and metrics.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>However, it is important to clearly understand its limitations:<br \/>Scimago updates data only once a year \u2014 in April or May, and displays the status of the journal for the previous calendar year. Information is not updated during the year.<br \/>This means that the quartile data displayed may already be outdated, especially if the journal has recently improved or lost its position in Scopus.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In countries where percentile or current CiteScore are taken into account for certification, relying solely on Scimago is risky.<br \/>You may mistakenly underestimate or overestimate a journal\u2014and lose time, money, or even publication recognition when defending your dissertation.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Use Scimago as a starting point for analysis:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><p>to search for journals by field,<\/p><\/li><li><p>to check general metrics,<\/p><\/li><li><p>to assess the dynamics of previous years,<\/p><\/li><li><p>to filter out questionable publications without a website or with negative reviews.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>But the final decision should be made based on current Scopus metrics \u2014 CiteScore, percentile, and indexing date.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>If you want to publish an article in Scopus (Q1\u2013Q4), we will help you do it officially and with a guarantee of results.<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><p>We will select a magazine that fits your topic, deadlines, and requirements.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Let&#039;s check the indexing, percentile, country and publisher<\/p><\/li><li><p>We work only with proven publications<\/p><\/li><li><p>We will provide support for full indexation<\/p><\/li><li><p>We conclude an official contract<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>We have been working since 2021 and have already helped more than 3,000 researchers from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and EU countries. <strong>Leave a request<\/strong> \u2014 and get an individual consultation and a free estimate of the timing and cost of publication.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec47dae elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ec47dae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/scopus\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Leave a request<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scimago Journal &amp; Country Rank \u2014 \u0446\u0435 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043a\u043e\u0448\u0442\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0456\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442, \u044f\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u043e\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044f\u0454 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0456\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u043a\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u043b\u044c \u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0443 \u0432 Scopus.\u0421\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0456\u0441 \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0445\u043e\u0432\u0443\u0454 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u043d\u0438\u043a SJR \u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043b \u0434\u043e \u043f\u0435\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u043b\u044e (Q1\u2013Q4), \u0449\u043e\u0431 \u0432\u0430\u043c \u043d\u0435 \u0434\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044f \u0432\u0440\u0443\u0447\u043d\u0443 \u0432\u0438\u0440\u0430\u0445\u043e\u0432\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043b\u044c. 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