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The indexing ladder

151databases, in eight rungs

Scopus and Web of Science look for a journal that already lives in the infrastructure. Applying there first is the commonest mistake — most lower rungs are free and take minutes.

0 · Foundation
ISSN, Crossref DOIs, ORCID, OAI-PMH — all in place
8
1 · Abstracting, metadata & scholarly discovery
31 of 40 listed
34
2 · Library & institutional discovery
WorldCat and Ulrichsweb accepted
12
3 · Digital preservation
One archive live · a second pending
6
4 · Professional publishing membership
COPE application submitted
11
5 · Machine-readable interoperability
JATS XML building now
19
6 · Selective indexes
DOAJ first — opens when rung 3 finishes
25
7 · National & regional indexes, deposit & library knowledge bases
Country lists, after the selective ones
36
Open the selective indexes
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