In some countries, journals indexed in Scopus are considered an "industry" due to their significant impact on academic rankings, research funding, and career advancement. Scopus is a prominent abstract and citation database that is heavily used in assessing research output and impact, making Scopus-indexed journals a valuable tool for institutions and researchers.

There is a degree of competition among countries to have their journals indexed in Scopus, a major global abstract and citation database. This competition is driven by the prestige and impact that Scopus indexing can bring to a country's research output and reputation.

And now many journals have low quality after the authors submit articles and the publishers have enough money to collect as payment for publishing.