{"id":8899,"date":"2017-08-16T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T04:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=8899"},"modified":"2021-04-14T15:52:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T09:52:55","slug":"does-journal-indexing-and-drji-scores-affect-your-research-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/does-journal-indexing-and-drji-scores-affect-your-research-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Journal Indexing and DRJI Scores Affect Your Research Career?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is an achievement to publish scientific journal articles in indexed journals. It ensures that all subscribers to that journal will read and cite your article. With so many journals available, the subscriber base of a particular journal may not be very high. Some researchers may want to find out about the topic of your article later or they may not currently have subscriptions to indexed journals. So how does one find your article?<\/p>\n

The answer is simple: journal indexing and indexation services.<\/p>\n

What are Journal Indexing and Indexation Services?<\/h2>\n

Journal indexing is the process of listing the titles, authors, and abstracts of articles published in indexed journals. You will be familiar with many of the top medical journal indexes. These include PubMed index, Google Scholar, Thomson Reuters\u2019 Biological Abstracts, and Index Medicus.<\/p>\n

The Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI) is a free online journal indexing service. It provides easy open access to scientific literature and scholarly journals, which promotes the journal’s increased usage and impact. It also helps in increasing the visibility of articles on the web.<\/p>\n

How do Journal Indexes Work?<\/h2>\n

Journal indexes collect citations so that researchers can locate articles relevant to their interests. In fact, researchers can search through a large database of citation information. Journal indexes usually automate the process by using computer algorithms. These algorithms can determine data like the language of the article, the keywords, and the full text of the article. In addition, researchers interested in your research topic can then easily locate your article as they do not have to subscribe<\/a> to every relevant journal.<\/p>\n

What You Need to Know about DRJI Scores<\/h2>\n

Scholars and journal publishers of open access science journals debate the question of whether indexing and abstracting services are important to the prestige of the journal. Indexing can increase the number of citations of a journal article. More citations can increase the impact factor and the score in Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The reputation of a journal is established in the JCR.<\/p>\n

So we know citations are important but are indexing services really important? The advent of journal quality reporting methods like the Directory of Research Journal Indexing<\/a> (DRJI) is making journal indexing more important.<\/p>\n

Many authors who want to publish in high-prestige journals look to statistics like the DRJI to determine how respected journals are. Some journals may publish plagiarized content or questionable scientific journal articles. They sometimes charge the authors a fee for publication. Not only is it not helpful to your career to publish in these \u201cbad science\u201d journals, it can actually look bad on your CV.<\/p>\n

Calculating DRJI Scores<\/h2>\n

DRJI provides a list of evaluation points<\/a> that it uses to calculate a journal\u2019s score out of 1,000. There are 20 points on the list\u2014here are a few examples:<\/p>\n