Clarivate regularly updates the Web of Science Core Collection through its monthly Journal List updates. Clarivate has released its latest update on January 19, 2026, for the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection. In this update, several new journals are added, some journals are removed, and a few have changed their titles. These changes are … Read more
In 2025, Clarivate removed 128 research journals from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection. These removals span across Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). These changes are critical for researchers, authors, and institutions because the indexing status … Read more
Clarivate regularly updates the Web of Science Core Collection through its monthly Journal List updates. These updates reflect journals that are newly accepted, editorially de-listed, production de-listed, or ceased due to various quality and publishing criteria. In this blog post, we summarize the changes made by Clarivate in 2025, highlighting the number of journals added … Read more
Scopus has officially discontinued 56 journals in 2025. These removals are part of Scopus’s ongoing efforts to maintain quality, transparency, and ethical publishing standards. The reasons for the discontinuity are outlier behavior, Publication concerns, Editorial, and quality issues. We visited the official Scopus website and found that a total of 56 journal titles were removed … Read more
The Journal “Science of the Total Environment”, published by Elsevier, has now been officially removed from Clarivate’s Web of Science database. Science of the Total Environment was placed ” on hold ” in October 2024 by Clarivate after investigations revealed peer-review manipulation, fake reviewer identities, and conflicts of interest. On November 18, the journal’s coverage in … Read more