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Exactly which URL to visit, which field to search, and what to check once the result loads — for Scopus, Web of Science, and why the old UGC CARE portal search no longer returns anything at all.
Publishing in the right academic journal is no longer just a milestone — with PhD submissions, faculty promotions and research funding all tied to verified journals, knowing exactly how to check a journal is what stands between you and a wasted manuscript.
This is a practical toolkit, not a theory page: for each database below, the exact URL, the search fields to use, and the specific thing to check once a result comes back — so you can verify a journal in the time it takes to read this sentence twice.
Verified evidence beats a list every time. Once you have checked a journal this way, checking us the same way takes five minutes.
₹971 INR Indian authors · $41 USD international · payable after acceptanceWhatever database you searched, confirm all five before you trust the result.
The registered title, publisher and country on the ISSN Portal match the journal in front of you.
The database record shows active coverage, not a historical or discontinued entry.
The record’s publisher name and web address match the site asking for your submission.
Editors are listed with current, checkable institutional affiliations.
A Scopus or WoS logo with no source-list record behind it is worth nothing.
Three outcomes, one search. The middle one is the case worth the extra five minutes — see our dedicated guide on journal clones for the full method.
Apply the same discipline to a fee claim that you just applied to an indexing claim: read the complete cost, disclosed upfront, rather than trusting a number on a homepage.
| Item | Indian authors | International authors |
|---|---|---|
| Publication charge — full paper online, up to 5 authors | ₹971 INR | $41 USD |
| CrossRef DOI registration (optional) | ₹300 | $20 |
Verified indexing practice, transparent low cost publication charges, review before payment. Check the open calls and submit when ready.
₹971 INR Indian authors · $41 USD international · payable after acceptanceWhere to go, what to type, and what the screen should show if the claim is true.
| Database | Where to search | Search by | A true listing shows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scopus | scopus.com/sources | ISSN or title | Title, ISSN, coverage years, active or discontinued |
| Web of Science | mjl.clarivate.com | ISSN | The journal inside a named collection (SCIE, SSCI, ESCI…) |
| UGC-CARE | Portal closed (Oct 2024) | — | Nothing current; use UGC’s Suggested Parameters instead |
| DOAJ | doaj.org | ISSN or title | Licence, APC and review details |
| ISSN Portal | portal.issn.org | ISSN | Registered title, publisher, medium and URL |
Most claims fall out at the second or third stage. That is the point of the funnel.
Peer-reviewed, open access, ISSN 2984-8911. Verify us the same way this page just showed you, then read the call for papers and submit.
Questions? [email protected]
These visible answers also power the FAQ structured data on this page.
No. UGC discontinued the UGC CARE journal listing on 3 October 2024. The old register-log-in-search workflow described in older guidance applied to that list and no longer has anything to return.
Go to scopus.com/sources and search by the exact title or ISSN, not a partial name. If several similarly named results appear, filter by subject area or publisher, and check the “coverage years” field to confirm the listing is current.
Go to mjl.clarivate.com and search by title or ISSN. Note which collection the result sits in — SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI — since these are different coverage tiers within “Web of Science”, and confirm the publisher name matches.
They are separate Web of Science collections: the Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Sciences Citation Index, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, and the Emerging Sources Citation Index. All four are legitimately “Web of Science”, but ESCI is a broader, less selective tier than the other three — always ask which one a journal means.
No. A logo is an image file that costs nothing to copy. The only evidence that counts is a matching record found by searching the database’s own source list by ISSN.
Because a cloned or predatory site frequently uses a name deceptively close to a real, indexed journal. Searching by name can return the genuine journal’s record while you are looking at an unrelated site. ISSN is unique and harder to fake convincingly.
No. Google Scholar is a broad, automated crawler with no selection process — it indexes almost anything it can reach. Scopus and Web of Science run their own curated, selective source-inclusion criteria.
The date range Scopus has actually indexed that title. A journal can have been covered in the past and later discontinued — the coverage years tell you whether inclusion is current, not just historical.
Compare the publisher and web address on the Scopus record against the site you are on. A mismatch is one of the clearest cloned-journal signals there is — see our dedicated guide on journal clones for the full method.
No — verify every journal the same way regardless of price. A fee mostly reflects the publisher’s operating model, not whether its indexing claims are honest.
JMVRA publishes its charges in full: ₹971 INR for Indian authors and $41 USD for international authors, payable only after your paper is accepted through peer review.
Read the current call for papers to confirm scope, article types and deadlines, then submit through the official online submission page.
Question not answered here? Email [email protected] before you submit — or go straight to the current call for papers.
₹971 INR Indian authors · $41 USD international · payable after acceptance
