Authors need to know

1. A journal differs from a conference. A journal follows a regular publication schedule and publishes a set number of papers in each issue and each year. In a journal, the number of published papers must be reasonable and understandable for each issue and year, as announced on the website.

2. During the review process, each author competes with the others. Authors should utilize the time allocated by the editor to revise and update their work when necessary, considering feedback from reviewers and editors, with the goal of winning the competition. Authors should be aware that the publication quota of a journal is limited. The journal will only publish the best papers, rejecting all others due to the limitation.

3. Once a manuscript receives acceptance, it still requires additional processing, such as preparing the final camera-ready paper and proofreading, among other things. Authors should be aware and cooperative with all processes. Even after the processing has been completed, authors should exercise patience in waiting for the publication scheduling due to point number 1.

4.Scopus has three metrics (SJR, CiteScore, and SNIP). ScimagoJR announces the SJR and quartile every year around May, while Scopus directly announces the other metrics, CiteScore and SNIP. Scopus also will classify quartiles based on CiteScore. So, metrics and quartiles of a journal can fluctuate every year.

5. A journal indexed by Scopus can be flagged by CSAB Scopus for reevaluation at any time due to radar (mainly self-citations and bursts of published papers), metrics, etc. When Scopus flags a journal, the process of adding published papers to it remains pending. The re-evaluation decision can either pass or fail, and time for re-evaluation varies, either consuming fast or long times (some weeks, some months, or even more than 1 year). If the re-evaluation result is passed, published papers will continue to be added to the Scopus database, but if it fails, the journal will be discontinued for inclusion, and there will be no added new published papers to the Scopus database.

6. Authors should be aware of the above matters; therefore, the cooperation of authors and editors is needed to maintain, establish, and accelerate the journal's performance.