{"id":30880,"date":"2026-10-11T14:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/?p=30880"},"modified":"2026-10-11T14:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:14:20","slug":"scopus-risk-list-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/scopus-risk-list-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Journals That Will Soon Lose Their Scopus Indexing, Part 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30880\" class=\"elementor elementor-30880\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7912bdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7912bdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f3e13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84f3e13\" 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><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Greetings, dear colleagues!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vasyl-malets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Vasyl Malets<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2014 Director of the \u201cAcademy of Articles\u201d and author of an analytical column on journals at risk of being removed from Scopus. This is the sixteenth installment of the column and the fourth in 2026.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This issue is special: for the first time, we\u2019re revisiting a magazine we\u2019ve already reviewed. In July, in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/scopus-risk-list-15\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Part 15<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, we wrote about JIDMIS\u2014at the time, it had three issues for 2026. Two months have passed, and now there are fourteen. The forecast came true sooner than we ourselves had expected.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Let me clarify right away to avoid any confusion: this is not a list of journals that have been removed from Scopus. Scopus publishes a list of removed journals approximately every six months in its \u201cDiscontinued Sources\u201d section, but by the time a journal appears there, it\u2019s already too late for authors. We\u2019re writing about journals at risk of being excluded from Scopus: those that already show all the signs but are still formally indexed and are currently actively accepting articles.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>In this issue:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559991&quot;:280,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1 Q3 journal from India, in which a single special issue contains twice as many articles as the entire year of 2025;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:80,&quot;335559740&quot;:290}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559991&quot;:280,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1 Iranian journal that has just been indexed in Scopus and is already being advertised on Telegram channels with a \"publication in 7 days\" promise;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:80,&quot;335559740&quot;:290}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559991&quot;:280,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Issue 1 of Q3, a journal on artificial intelligence, which features an analysis of female characters in novels and the causes of the 1940 bridge collapse;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:80,&quot;335559740&quot;:290}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559991&quot;:280,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The promised return of JIDMIS.<\/span> \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All four have one thing in common. At the end, I\u2019ll show you how to spot it and how to check a Scopus journal before submitting your article.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29cfffb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29cfffb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c00f103 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c00f103\" 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\">Journals Nominated for Removal from Scopus: October 2026 List <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42687ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42687ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552e4de elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"552e4de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"scopus-accordion\">\n<details><summary>1. Natural Resources for Human Health (NRFHH)<\/summary><div class=\"journal-body\"><p><span class=\"label\">eISSN:<\/span> 2583-1194<\/p><p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21101166819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Scopus<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrfhh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The magazine's website<\/a><\/p><h4>Overview<\/h4><p>The magazine was founded in 2021 by the Indian publishing house Visagaa Publishing House. In 2026, the magazine relaunched on a new platform. As of September, it has already published 5 regular issues and 12 special issues. Special Issue 10s contains about 130 articles across 1,605 pages\u2014twice as many as in all of 2025.<\/p><p>The journal's content also extends far beyond its stated subject areas: it publishes articles on law, political science, management, literary studies, and other fields.<\/p><div class=\"profile\"><p><span class=\"label\">Profile:<\/span> Q3 \u00b7 India \u00b7 natural compounds, pharmacognosy, ethnomedicine \u00b7 APC: 500 USD<\/p><\/div><h4>Major Violations<\/h4><ul><li>17 issues over the first 9 months of 2026 instead of 4 per year;<\/li><li>a special issue with about 130 articles;<\/li><li>a significant number of articles outside the stated subject area;<\/li><li>The publisher is no longer on the website; contact via WhatsApp.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"risk\">Risk assessment: probability of exclusion from Scopus \u2014 100%; risk of further deindexing of articles from special issues \u2014 100%.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details><summary>2. Journal of Animal Environment<\/summary><div class=\"journal-body\"><p><span class=\"label\">ISSN:<\/span> 2717-1388 \/ E-ISSN: 2717-1396<\/p><p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21101445137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Scopus<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/aejournals.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The magazine's website<\/a><\/p><h4>Overview<\/h4><p>An Iranian journal published by the engineering firm Amayesh Shale Consulting Engineers. It was indexed in Scopus in November 2025, but by 2026, at least the third special issue of the quarterly journal had already been published. The journal is advertised on brokerage Telegram channels with the promise of \u201cacceptance in 7 days, publication in 7 days.\u201d<\/p><p>The website claims that the journal is indexed in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science without sufficient evidence. The publications are dominated by similar \u201cML frameworks\u201d disguised as animal-related topics.<\/p><div class=\"profile\"><p><span class=\"label\">Profile:<\/span> Quartile not yet assigned \u00b7 Iran \u00b7 zoology \u00b7 APC: 400 USD<\/p><\/div><h4>Major Violations<\/h4><ul><li>at least 3 special issues during the first year after inclusion in Scopus;<\/li><li>a sudden change in the authors' geographic distribution;<\/li><li>ads with guaranteed placement times;<\/li><li>The indexation was announced but not confirmed.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"risk\">Risk assessment: probability of exclusion from Scopus \u2014 100%; risk of deindexing articles from special issues \u2014 100%.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details><summary>3. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (IJAIML)<\/summary><div class=\"journal-body\"><p><span class=\"label\">ISSN:<\/span> to be determined<\/p><p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21101344619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Scopus<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svedbergopen.com\/index.php\/ijaiml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The magazine's website<\/a><\/p><h4>Overview<\/h4><p>A journal published by SvedbergOpen, based in Cape Town. Until 2025, it was published twice a year, but in 2026 it switched to a special-issue model. On September 22, Vol. 6 No. 11s was published\u2014the eleventh special issue of the year, containing 73 articles.<\/p><p>Approximately 62% articles are indeed related to AI and machine learning, another 12% are borderline cases, and one in four articles has no connection to artificial intelligence.<\/p><div class=\"profile\"><p><span class=\"label\">Profile:<\/span> Q3 \u00b7 South Africa \u00b7 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning \u00b7 APC: 800 USD<\/p><\/div><h4>Major Violations<\/h4><ul><li>11 special issues over the first 9 months of 2026, instead of 2 issues per year;<\/li><li>About 26% articles fall completely outside the scope of Aims &amp; Scope;<\/li><li>shared technical infrastructure with another journal;<\/li><li>authors' parallel publications in several journals following the same pattern.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"risk\">Risk assessment: probability of exclusion from Scopus \u2014 100%; risk of deindexing articles from special issues \u2014 100%.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<details><summary>4. Journal of Intelligent Decision Making and Information Science (JIDMIS) \u2014 again<\/summary><div class=\"journal-body\"><p><span class=\"label\">eISSN:<\/span> 3079-0875<\/p><p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21101392299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Scopus<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/jidmis.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The magazine's website<\/a><\/p><h4>Overview<\/h4><p>The journal was founded in 2024. Following a preliminary review, the number of issues increased from 3 to 14. Special Issue 13s contains approximately 155 articles and nearly 3,000 pages.<\/p><p>About 40% articles fall outside the stated scope: spinal MRI, pulmonary rehabilitation, law, Hall motors, concrete strength, and lettuce cultivation techniques. In broker advertisements, the journal is promoted as \u201cQ1\u201d with a 3-day acceptance time, although it is classified as Q2 in Scopus.<\/p><div class=\"profile\"><p><span class=\"label\">Profile:<\/span> Q2 \u00b7 Romania \u00b7 decision sciences, AI, information systems \u00b7 APC: 1,200 USD<\/p><\/div><h4>Major Violations<\/h4><ul><li>14 issues in 2026, based on the stated goal of \u201cone volume per year\u201d;<\/li><li>a special issue containing approximately 155 articles and 3,000 pages;<\/li><li>approximately 40% articles outside the Aims &amp; Scope;<\/li><li>75 days as stated, compared to 3 days in the broker's advertisement;<\/li><li>The publisher is listed differently on various pages of the website.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"risk\">Risk assessment: probability of exclusion from Scopus \u2014 100%; risk of further deindexing of articles from special issues \u2014 100%.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3522c756 e-con-full srv e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3522c756\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb398ff srv-lbl elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5eb398ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Turnkey Publication<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28daac63 srv-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28daac63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publication in a reputable Scopus journal <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd0b751 srv-d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dd0b751\" 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><span class=\"TextRun SCXW225067394 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225067394 BCX0\">Don't want to end up in a special issue with 150 articles? We can help you get published in the journal <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW225067394 BCX0\">Scopus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225067394 BCX0\">, which is checked before serving, not after <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW225067394 BCX0\">deindexation<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225067394 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW225067394 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:180,&quot;335559740&quot;:290}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348c98c0 e-con-full srv-grid e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"348c98c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ac9f770 e-con-full srv-i e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ac9f770\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1657fae1 srv-i-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1657fae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selection and Review of the Journal <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15440eef srv-i-d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15440eef\" 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><span class=\"TextRun SCXW223803685 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223803685 BCX0\">Let's check the status at <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW223803685 BCX0\">Scopus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223803685 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW223803685 BCX0\">quartile<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223803685 BCX0\">, the number of special issues published in recent months, thematic relevance, and the publisher. We will explain the identified risks before the manuscript is submitted.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW223803685 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:290}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ea21ce0 e-con-full srv-i e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ea21ce0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-720491cb srv-i-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"720491cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Manuscript Preparation <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bfc912b srv-i-d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bfc912b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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We'll get back to you within the day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52886f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52886f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26df9e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26df9e8\" 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\">Conclusion: How to Tell If Your Journal Might Be Removed from Scopus <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c18509e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c18509e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddba35b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddba35b\" 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><span class=\"TextRun SCXW209604257 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW209604257 BCX0\">If <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">to place<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">these<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">four<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">magazines<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">nearby<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW209604257 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">becomes<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">apparently<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW209604257 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">that<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">this is<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">not<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">four<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">some<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">stories<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW209604257 BCX0\">, and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">one<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209604257 BCX0\">technology<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW209604257 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW209604257 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The same \"building set.\"<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> All four websites run on the same version of Open Journal Systems, use the same numbering system for special issues (\u201c1s,\u201d \u201c2s,\u201d \u2026 \u201c13s\u201d), and are expanding their volume according to the same pattern. Two of the four journals, NRFHH and JIDMIS, have a separate page on their websites titled something like \u201cIndexing &amp; Refund Disclaimer.\u201d Think about it: the journal publishes a legal disclaimer in advance stating that no refunds will be issued if indexing is lost. When the editorial board itself is preparing for de-indexing, this is the most honest warning one can receive.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brokers instead of newsrooms.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> We found three of the four journals in intermediaries\u2019 catalogs with a \u201cSubmit Article\u201d button, and two on a Telegram channel that promised guaranteed acceptance times. When a journal is sold through Telegram rather than through the editorial office, it does not have a peer-review process by definition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The camouflage is getting thinner.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> NRFHH and JIDMIS publish just about anything and everything. The *Journal of Animal Environment*, on the other hand, has already learned to tailor article titles to fit the scope, and this trend, unfortunately, will only intensify. A quick glance at the titles is no longer enough.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The forecast is coming true\u2014and fast.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The JIDMIS case shows that it takes not a year, but just a few weeks from the first signals to a full-fledged pipeline. If you submitted an article in June thinking, \u201cThree issues is still okay,\u201d by August you\u2019d already find yourself in an issue with 155 articles on every topic under the sun.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Therefore, before submitting, check not the quartile but the current situation: how many special issues have been published in the last six months, how many articles they contain, whether they meet Scopus criteria, who is listed as the publisher, and where to find the editorial office\u2019s contact information. Or leave it to the experts: we monitor journals at risk of being removed from Scopus on a daily basis and identify potential risks before the database itself flags them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:140,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, dear colleagues!  This is Vasyl Malets\u2014director of the \u201cAcademy of Articles\u201d and author of the analytical column on journals at risk of being removed from Scopus. This is the sixteenth issue of the column and the fourth in 2026.\u00a0 This issue is special: for the first time, we\u2019re revisiting a journal we\u2019ve already discussed. In July, in Part 15, we wrote about JIDMIS\u2014at that time, it [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":30881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30887,"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30880\/revisions\/30887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}