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BORJSS

Discoverability

Indexing & Abstracting

Where BORJSS content can currently be found, which databases we have approached, and what we are doing to meet the requirements of the rest.

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An honest position

BORJSS published its first issue in 2026. Established indexes such as Scopus and Web of Science require two or more years of consistent publication before a journal can even be evaluated, so we list those as targets rather than claiming coverage we do not have. The status of each service below is stated plainly.

Indexing status

  • Crossref

    Active

    Every article is assigned a DOI registered with Crossref, with full metadata and reference deposits. This makes articles permanently citable and their citations trackable.

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  • Google Scholar

    Active

    Article pages carry Highwire Press citation metadata, so published work is discoverable and citations are counted.

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  • OAI-PMH

    In progress

    A metadata-harvesting endpoint that lets repositories and aggregators collect the journal's records automatically. The endpoint is being implemented ahead of the DOAJ application.

  • DOAJ

    In progress

    The Directory of Open Access Journals requires a publication record before evaluation. We meet the editorial and licensing criteria and will apply once the required volume of content is published.

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  • Zenodo

    In progress

    Long-term preservation deposit, so published content survives independently of this website.

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  • Scopus

    Planned

    Elsevier's Scopus requires at least two years of consistent, on-time publication before a title can be submitted for evaluation. This is a target for 2028.

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  • Web of Science

    Planned

    Clarivate's Emerging Sources Citation Index is a longer-term goal, following the same publication-record requirement.

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  • HEC Recognition

    Planned

    Recognition by Pakistan's Higher Education Commission, which determines whether publications count toward faculty assessment in Pakistani institutions.

What we already meet

Indexes assess journals against criteria for editorial quality, transparency and technical infrastructure. These are in place now, so that when the publication record is sufficient, nothing else stands in the way.

  • Registered DOIs

    Every article carries a Crossref DOI with complete metadata, so it resolves permanently and its citations can be tracked.

  • Published editorial policies

    Peer review, publication ethics, authorship, plagiarism, corrections and complaints are all set out publicly, following COPE guidance.

  • Named editorial board

    Every board member is listed with their institution and country, and serves in a personal academic capacity.

  • Open licensing

    Articles are published under CC BY 4.0 with authors retaining copyright — the licensing clarity DOAJ requires.

  • Machine-readable metadata

    Article pages carry Highwire Press citation tags and Schema.org structured data, so search engines and indexers can read them without manual work.

  • Persistent identifiers

    DOIs resolve regardless of URL changes, and ORCID iDs link authors to their work unambiguously across systems.

What this means for authors

Where a journal is indexed affects how easily your work is found and whether it counts toward institutional assessment. It is a fair question to ask before submitting, so here is the position without spin.

Your article will be discoverable. A registered DOI and Google Scholar coverage mean the article is citable, findable and its citations are counted from the day it is published. That is true now, not at some future date.

Your article will stay citable. A DOI resolves to the article regardless of how this site’s URLs change, so citations do not break. Independent preservation deposit is being arranged in addition to this.

Scopus indexing is not yet available, and will not be for some years — no new journal can offer it. If your institution requires a Scopus-indexed venue for this particular paper, that is a legitimate reason to publish elsewhere, and we would rather you knew now than after review.

If a database indexes BORJSS in future, that coverage applies to all previously published articles, not only those published after acceptance into the index. Early authors are not disadvantaged.

Questions about indexing?

If indexing affects your decision to submit, ask us before you do. We will give you a straight answer about where an application stands.

Contact the editorial officeJournal information

See also the open access policy and licensing terms.