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Resources, news, and practical strategies to improve the editorial management, publishing, and indexing of your journal.
In today's digital age, digitization and editorial modernization are essential for any scientific publishing that wishes to maintain relevance, prestige, and impact within the global academic community. One of the fundamental elements in this digitization process is the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). In this comprehensive guide, we will explain in detail why you need […]
Economic sustainability is a recurring challenge for the editorial boards of scientific journal , especially when resources are limited and quality expectations continue to rise. Over the past fifteen years, we have supported journal in medicine, nursing, social sciences, and humanities in Latin America and Spain, and we have observed […]
If you manage a scientific journal , your goal is probably to increase its prestige, visibility, and impact within the academic community. One of the best ways to achieve this is through indexing in Scopus. In this comprehensive 2025 guide, we explain in detail how to do it step by step. What is Scopus? Scopus is one of the leading databases […]
At Index, we know that maintaining and managing a scientific journal 's publication history is crucial for preserving its prestige, accessibility, and academic value. For years, we have supported numerous journal in the complex process of migrating content from legacy systems to a modern and accessible platform. Why is it important to migrate your […]
1. Starting point: a slow-moving indicator. The Journal Impact Factor measures citations received on articles published in the previous two years. Its narrow window penalizes disciplines where knowledge matures slowly. However, accreditation committees continue to look at it. The challenge is to boost that figure without resorting to shortcuts—massive self-citation, […]
Enthusiasm, fear, or caution? Between promises of automation and ethical dilemmas, artificial intelligence is reshaping how science is filtered, reviewed, and disseminated. This article guides you—without sensationalism or alarmism—through the current uses of AI in scientific journal , the boundaries that shouldn't be crossed, and the criteria for deciding whether it's worthwhile
1. The Email That Uncovered Malpractice: A story inspired by a real case reported in the COPE repository; names and details have been changed. Ernesto, a veteran reviewer, found a paragraph of his own—verbatim—in an article published six months later. He discovered that the author had copied the blind review he received from another journal . […]
1. A Click That Left the Print Issue Behind: An Illustrative Story Based on Testimonies from Editors Who Adopted Continuous publishing . Lucía—editor-in-chief of the Journal de Bioquímica Vegetal—was reviewing the submissions board, as she did every Friday. Four articles were needed to complete volume 42-2, and the publishing date was nine weeks away. […]
1. The Call That Changed Everything Note: The following narrative is an illustrative case study built from a combination of real experiences. The Journal of Contemporary History had been published for 23 years but had fewer than 300 monthly downloads. Marta, its editor, received an email from a Brazilian researcher who couldn't find the articles since […]
1. The day Carlos discovered that “the cloud” is also science. Carlos—editor of the Ibero-American Journal of Pediatrics—woke up that Thursday in April to find his website down. A colleague alerted him that he had tried to download the latest issue of the journal and found that the page wouldn't load. While restarting his VPS, Carlos […]