{"id":16186,"date":"2025-09-11T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/?p=16186"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:10:18","slug":"discontinued-august2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/discontinued-august2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Excluded journals from Scopus for August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Thursday morning, September 11, 2025, Scopus released updated data on the indexing of scientific publications. The Academy of Articles team immediately prepared this list so that you can be the first to know about the changes and beware of excluded publications.<\/p>

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Eight journals were officially excluded in August. The reasons are questionable editorial quality and so-called outlier behavior (abnormal behavior of a journal: unnatural jumps in citations, massive cross-citations, excessive self-citations or anomalous growth in the volume of publications). Such deviations signal possible manipulation of metrics or violations of editorial ethics.<\/p>

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On the August list right away\u00a0four positions<\/strong>\u00a0fell on the magazines of an Italian publisher\u00a0Minerva Medica Editions<\/strong>: Minerva Gastroenterology, Minerva Medica, Minerva Surgery, Panminerva Medica. At the same time, the publisher also has other journals that (according to the publications themselves) are indexed in Scopus, for example, Minerva Pediatrics, Minerva Respiratory Medicine, Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. Therefore, before submitting a manuscript to any publication of this publisher, be sure to check the current status in the Scopus source profile.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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ISSN:<\/strong> 2476-4981 | EISSN:<\/strong> 2322-4479
Publisher<\/strong>: Society of Aging and Physical Activity
Official reason for exclusion:<\/strong> Outlier behavior<\/em>
Link to the journal in Scopus:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21100838563<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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ISSN<\/strong>: 2336-5439 | EISSN<\/strong>: 2336-5447
Publisher<\/strong>: ENIGMA CORPORATION, spol. s ro
Official reason for exclusion<\/strong>: Outlier behavior<\/em>
Link to the journal in Scopus:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21101198704<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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ISSN:<\/strong> 1592-1638 | EISSN:<\/strong> 2531-4122
Publisher:<\/strong> Pacini Editore Srl
Official reason for exclusion:<\/strong> Outlier behavior<\/em>
Link to the journal in Scopus:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/145402<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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ISSN<\/strong>: 0075-0530 | EISSN<\/strong>: 2410-0862
Publisher<\/strong>: University of Baghdad, College of Agriculture
Official reason for exclusion:<\/strong> Outlier behavior<\/em>
Link to the journal in Scopus:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21100809798<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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ISSN:<\/strong> 2724-5985 | EISSN:<\/strong> 2724-5365
Publisher:<\/strong> Minerva Medica Editions
Official reason for exclusion:<\/strong> Outlier behavior<\/em>
Link to the journal in Scopus:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21101044941<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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ISSN<\/strong>: 0026-4806 | EISSN<\/strong>: 1827-1669
Publisher<\/strong>: Minerva Medica Editions
Official reason for exclusion:<\/strong> Outlier behavior<\/em>
Link to the journal in Scopus:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/26687<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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ISSN<\/strong>: 2724-5691 | EISSN<\/strong>: 2724-5438
Publisher<\/strong>: Minerva Medica Editions
Official reason for exclusion:<\/strong> Outlier behavior<\/em>
Link to the journal in Scopus:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21101044917<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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ISSN<\/strong>: 0031-0808 | EISSN<\/strong>: 1827-1898
Publisher:<\/strong> Minerva Medica Editions
Official reason for exclusion:<\/strong> Outlier behavior<\/em>
Link to the journal in Scopus:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/16485<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Publishing in Scopus is not only about prestige, but also about your investment of money, time, and reputation.<\/p>

Unfortunately, no publication provides an "eternal guarantee" of indexing.
That is why the most profitable solution now is\u00a0co-authorship in finished articles<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You immediately see: the topic of the article, the quartile, and the number of available seats.<\/p>

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The September update showed:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Even well-known and long-standing journals can suddenly lose indexing, including an entire block of titles from a single publisher. The trend is growing \u2014 Scopus systematically detects anomalies in metrics and editorial practices, and the review\/exclusion lists are updated monthly.<\/p>\n

Before each submission, be sure to check the journal's profile in Scopus and do not rely on outdated statements on the websites of publications "indexed in Scopus".
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