{"id":16714,"date":"2026-10-22T08:41:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/?p=16714"},"modified":"2026-10-22T08:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:41:51","slug":"soft-reminder-to-verify-active-scopus-index-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/2026\/10\/22\/soft-reminder-to-verify-active-scopus-index-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft Reminder to Verify Active Scopus-index Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Assalamualaikum everyone.<br>We would like to kindly remind all KICT researchers to verify the current indexing status of journals before submitting their manuscripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are planning to submit your work to a journal that claims to be Scopus-indexed, please ensure that the journal is still actively indexed in the Scopus database. Some journals may continue to indicate on their websites that they are Scopus-indexed even though their Scopus coverage has already been discontinued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We strongly encourage all researchers to verify the journal&#8217;s current status through the following sources before submission:<br>1.\u2060 \u2060Scopus Sources: https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sources.uri?zone=TopNavBar&amp;origin=searchauthorfreelookup<br>2.\u2060 \u2060SCImago Journal Rankings: https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your attention and cooperation. We wish all KICT researchers every success in achieving your publication targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5-500x750.png 500w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assalamualaikum everyone.We would like to kindly remind all KICT researchers to verify the current indexing status of journals before submitting their manuscripts. If you are planning to submit your work to a journal that claims to be Scopus-indexed, please ensure that the journal is still actively indexed in the Scopus database. Some journals may continue to indicate on their websites that they are Scopus-indexed even though their Scopus coverage has already been discontinued. We strongly encourage all researchers to verify the journal&#8217;s current status through the following sources before submission:1.\u2060 \u2060Scopus Sources: https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sources.uri?zone=TopNavBar&amp;origin=searchauthorfreelookup2.\u2060 \u2060SCImago Journal Rankings: https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\/ Thank you for your attention and cooperation. We wish all KICT researchers every success in achieving your publication targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"najhan","author_link":"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/author\/najhan\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/kict\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Assalamualaikum everyone.We would like to kindly remind all KICT researchers to verify the current indexing status of journals before submitting their manuscripts. 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