Criteria for Quality Assessment and Inclusion in SCOPUS: a Comparison of Bibliometric Indicators in Three BH Journals Cover Image

Kriteriji za procjenu kvalitete časopisa i uključivanje u SCOPUS: komparacija bibliometrijskih pokazatelja tri bh. časopisa
Criteria for Quality Assessment and Inclusion in SCOPUS: a Comparison of Bibliometric Indicators in Three BH Journals

Author(s): Emina Adilović
Subject(s): Library and Information Science, Information Architecture, Electronic information storage and retrieval
Published by: Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Scopus; scientific journals; Social Sciences and Humanities Studies; Historical Views; Philologist; bibliometric analysis:

Summary/Abstract: Based on the selected corpus of journals, this paper aims to analyse the criteria for their inclusion in the bibliographic and citation database Scopus. The paper takes a sample of three scientific journals from Bosnia and Herzegovina – Social Sciences and Humanities Studies, Philologist – Journal of Language, Literary and Cultural Studies and Historical Views. The results of this paper show that the DHS journal follows the official Scopus guidelines, which indicates the lack of a causal relationship between the journal indexing criteria and its implementation in practice – indexing Philologist and Historical Views while rejecting Social Sciences and Humanities Studies. The importance of these results lies in the systematization of criteria for indexing scientific journals in a specific database, as well as in a better understanding of the Scopus inclusion process, guided by a comparison of recent bibliometric indicators.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 169-191
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Bosnian, English