Some of the SCI indexed Journals not listed in Scimago Q1(Best Quartile) they are placed only in Q2 and Q3 of Scimago Journal ranking but Journals not indexed in SCI having Q1 (best quartile) so is it worth by choosing the Journal for publishing the articles based on Scimago best Quartile or simply only by SCI indexing. Which one is the most advisable?
In my view, it is difficult to give a general advice on the measure/list/database someone has to consider. This could depend on the requirements of the researcher. For example, if someone target a research award, then the award selection criteria is the key to decide which measure/database he/she has to consider. In case of certain promotions, the promotion criteria is the key. If you consider a more complex, network (citation) based measure than a simple citation-based measure, then you may need to consider SJR than JIF. Therefore, your requirements should be the key to decide which one is better. However, if we compare these two measures in brief, both are citation-based measures. However, SJR is based on a network of citations. It considers the importance of the journals from where the citations received, in addition to the number of citations. The source of SJR is Scopus indexed journals while WoS works as the source for SCI/SCIE. Therefore, if you target journals indexed in a certain A&I database, there could be cases in which the target journal is not indexed in another database. Therefore, selecting the appropriate ranking list/database could depend on the needs of a researcher.
Arul Elango , some journals are indexed on both SCI and Scimago (ISI and Scopus) while others are indexed on one of them only; in the first case make sure that you always check both (Q1 and 2 SCI journals preferably also Q1 on Scimago are the best).
Dear Arul Elango Scimago is based on Scopus database and the quartiles determination is based on scopus database. Whereas , WOS has its own database. Recently, Scopus started to be the most considered database.
Your reply definitely helps me to give higher priority for selecting the journals.
SCI indexed is better and considered to be good quality journals. Some institutes in India recognize only SCI index journals for faculty recruitment and promotion.
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