For Editors of Independent, Society & University Journals
Find Out Exactly Why Your Journal Isn’t Indexed Yet
An independent, data-driven audit of your journal’s citation performance, metadata health and indexing readiness — assessed against the published criteria of DOAJ, Scopus and PubMed Central. Delivered in five business days.
What the free Journal Score gives you
Send us your journal’s ISSN and website, and our team will send back a one-page summary covering an estimated citation performance figure, your percentile rank against comparable journals in your subject area, and the three most significant issues currently affecting your indexing readiness. There’s no cost and no obligation — it’s the same underlying analysis behind the full report, condensed to a single page.
What’s in the Full Report
20–25 pages. Twelve modules. Built from open bibliometric data, reviewed by a named analyst before it reaches you.
Output volume, cadence and article-type mix over the last five years.
Independently calculated 2-year and 5-year citation ratios, with a stated methodology.
Estimated percentile rank against a matched peer set in your subject field.
The two red flags that most often trigger index rejection or delisting.
Geographic and institutional spread of authors, board and reviewers.
DOI coverage, metadata gaps, funder/licence data, ORCID presence.
JATS XML availability and PubMed Central technical eligibility gaps.
Line-by-line pass / fail / partial against every current DOAJ requirement.
Scored against published Scopus CSAB selection criteria.
OJS version, HTTPS, licensing, archiving, accessibility, editorial policy pages.
The five issues most responsible for your current indexing status, ranked by impact.
A quarter-by-quarter plan showing what to fix, in what order.
Pricing
One-page summary by email: citation estimate, peer percentile, three flagged issues.
Full 12-module PDF report. 5 business day delivery. One clarification email included.
Full report, a 60-minute strategy call, a written remediation quote, and 30 days of email support.
Quarterly refreshed reports plus alerting when a tracked metric changes.
A reduced USD 199 rate is available for journals based in low-income countries — mention this when you request your report.
Why we can do this analysis credibly
Softsols Pakistan operates its own peer-reviewed academic journal, alongside our Journal Editorial Manager and JATS XML platforms used in production today. This report is built from the same day-to-day experience of getting a journal properly indexed — not a generic template applied from the outside.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. We calculate independent citation performance metrics from open data sources (OpenAlex, Crossref, DOAJ). “Impact Factor” specifically refers to a Clarivate/Journal Citation Reports metric we do not produce and are not affiliated with.
That’s the most common case, and the report is built specifically for it — it tells you what’s blocking the application today.
Your journal’s ISSN and website URL. Optionally, your target index and any prior rejection correspondence.
A named Softsols analyst, reviewed before delivery — every report is checked by a person before it reaches you, not shipped as raw automated output.
Yes. Remediation projects and ongoing journal operations support are available once you’ve seen what needs fixing — see our publishing products or request a quote below.