The Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) uses a tool called ‘Radar’ to identify and filter out ‘outlier journals’. Outlier journals are journals indexed in Scopus which show outlier behavior and rapid, unexplainable changes in behavior. Red flags are stated by Scopus to include
1) Total article output and sudden article output growth,
2) Shift in geographical diversity among authors and editors, and
3) Shift in received citations and percentage of self-citations.
Therefore, these red flags may point to the beginning of malpractice and their subsequent removal. In 2016/2017 Scopus flagged 509 titles for re-evaluation. Of these, 312 were discontinued from Scopus, which represented a 61% discontinuation rate.
What is interesting to us is that the criteria for loosing Scopus accreditation is the journal/publisher's growth and potential competition to Elsevier. Although the CSAB is touted as being 'independent', the criteria suggests otherwise.
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