{"id":3320,"date":"2022-06-18T18:20:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T15:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2026-01-20T02:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:38:58","slug":"chto-takoe-proczentil-percentile-zhurnala-scopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-articles.com\/en\/chto-takoe-proczentil-percentile-zhurnala-scopus\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Scopus journal percentile?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3320\" class=\"elementor elementor-3320\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd21bf0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bd21bf0\" 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-477fca1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"477fca1c\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a> It is the only abstract and bibliographic database that includes scholarly literature. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a> created by the publishing house \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elsevier<\/a>\u00bb (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elzevir<\/a>\u201d), which provides access through a special institutional subscription.<\/p><p>The interest in this database is evident and not coincidental. For specialists with advanced degrees, it is important to publish their research in the relevant journals included in this database. But simply being listed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 is not yet a sufficient condition for a scientific journal to be considered relevant for publication. The journal must have an appropriate ranking in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/products\/scopus\/metrics\/citescore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CiteScore<\/a> and the percentile. Otherwise, the article will not be considered. Therefore, it is very important to understand these metrics so that you can select the most appropriate journal for publishing your research papers.<\/p><h4><strong>Percentiles and quartiles<\/strong><\/h4><p>First, let's look at the terminology in its basic sense, and then we'll move on specifically to the database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a> and examples of analyses of the necessary indicators.<\/p><p>The term \u201cpercentile\u201d refers to the measure at which a percentage of the total values is equal to or less than that measure. For example, 90 percent of the data values are below the 90th percentile. Or, 10 percent of the data points are below the 10th percentile. As for quartiles, these are the values that divide the data table into four parts. This is a general definition of these concepts. Now let\u2019s look at how they apply to the database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>.<\/p><ul><li>25% \u2013 Q1, 1st quartile, 99-75 percentiles;<\/li><li>25% \u2013 Q2, II quartile, 74-50 percentiles;<\/li><li>25% \u2013 Q3, quartile III, 49-25 percentiles;<\/li><li>25% \u2013 Q4, IV quartile, 24-1 percentiles.<\/li><\/ul><p>If you take this diagram into account, it will be easier to understand the structure of the database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a> It's not that difficult. Next, we'll look at some examples to see how this works in practice in more detail. But first, let's consider one more important issue.<\/p><h4><strong>In which case the journal does not calculate the percentile<\/strong><\/h4><p>Percentile in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a> It is not calculated in the following situations:<\/p><ul><li>when the scientific journal was accepted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a> more than 3 years ago;<\/li><li>when a scientific journal was excluded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><p>In this case, everything is quite clear, since there is not enough data for the calculation;<br \/>In all other situations, such an indicator can be calculated without any problems.<\/p><h4><strong>How to determine the quartile of a scientific journal by percentile<\/strong><\/h4><p>Although some of the definitions may seem complicated at first glance, in practice they are fairly easy to understand. Each subject category to which a particular scientific journal belongs has its own ranking. According to the AJSC classification, all journals within a category are ranked in descending order based on the indicator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/products\/scopus\/metrics\/citescore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CiteScore<\/a>. Let's look at a specific example. Suppose we are dealing with the 86th percentile. This means that the scientific journal ranks among the top 14% (86 must be subtracted from 100) publications that are considered the most significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/products\/scopus\/metrics\/citescore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CiteScore<\/a> in a specific field.<\/p><p>And, of course, this answer would be incomplete without considering what the concept is based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/products\/scopus\/metrics\/citescore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CiteScore<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>. To put it simply, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/products\/scopus\/metrics\/citescore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CiteScore<\/a> \u2013 is the ranking that a scientific journal has in the database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>. This metric is calculated based on the number of citations received by documents over the course of a year (specifically, documents published within the previous three years). This metric is then divided by the number of documents that were indexed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>\u00a0and published during the same period.<\/p><p>By the way, there is another important aspect to consider when a scientific journal covers several fields at once in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>. In such cases, you can see that each of these areas has its own percentile for the journal. Accordingly, the highest of these is selected. This will be the final percentile of the scientific journal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>.<\/p><h4><strong>To sum up\u2026<\/strong><\/h4><p>For all professionals who hold a scientific or academic degree, understanding the information described in this article is extremely important for effective use of the database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>. It is important for every such expert in their field to have two scholarly publications in the form of articles published in an internationally recognized peer-reviewed journal that is included in the database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>. But that's not the only requirement. Ranking percentile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/products\/scopus\/metrics\/citescore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CiteScore<\/a> must be at least 35 in one of the scientific fields.<\/p><p>As for military personnel, specialists from higher military institutions, research organizations, or specialized educational institutions, the requirement is slightly different. They must have 3 research articles, the percentile of which is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a> is at least 50.<\/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>Scopus is the only abstracting and bibliographic database that includes scientific literature. Scopus was created by the publisher \u201cElsevier,\u201d which provides access through a special institutional subscription. The interest in this database is obvious and not coincidental. For professionals with advanced degrees, it is important to publish their research in relevant journals included in this database. 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