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access for their papers published as a part of requirements for
the Horizon grants.

Finally, work on the branding of IJCS. IJCS is bringing back
the Special Issues featuring important issues related to the
Greater China region, comparative research with other
regions etc. The other task is to introduce special critiques
from distinguished authors to write on China or the Indo-
Pacific region/concept. These distinguished authors are
famous scholars/thinkers, global/regional business leaders or
high-rank bureaucrats/technocrats from individual countries
or international organizations.
What advice would you give to other journal editors who
aspire to have their journals indexed in Web of Science
(WoS), Scopus, or Emerging Sources Citation Index
(ESCI)?
Karl: Those Journal editors aspiring to get their journals
indexed in Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, or Emerging
Sources Citation Index (ESCI) should do two things. First and
foremost, ensure that your editorial board consists of
international scholars contributing to your journal.

This will involve wide networking with international scholars
to be able to do this. But the benefits are fruitful, namely,
having them introduce other scholars who can contribute to
What are the future plans for your journal in terms of your journal as authors or reviewers. This is particularly true
indexing and upgrades? for finding reviewers, as this is undoubtedly the most
Karl: IJCS' plan is three-fold. One is to increase the pool of challenging obstacle in running a journal. The indexing
international scholars within the Editorial Team, especially process will take this into account, especially for Scopus.
those from Europe, North America, Oceania and East Asia.
This is expected to contribute to IJCS' Scopus ranking as it is Also, try to get your journal listed as open access since this is
part of the requirement for the international database. It is our the trend of publications in the developed, Western world
hope to keep IJCS indexed in Scopus as our short-term goal. that dominates an array of scholarship today. Without open
The other is to get IJCS listed in the Directory of Open Access access, your journal has less appeal to persuade international
Journal (DOAJ), a free open-access repository. This will scholars, especially from Europe, to submit their papers to
enhance the visibility and stature of IJCS and allow more your journal. In this situation, your journal may end up short of
submissions from the European scholars who need open being an international journal.

Southeast Asian Review of English (SARE)
Chief Editor: Associate Professor Dr Mary Susan Philip
When did the Southeast Asian Review of English get indexed by Web of Science (WoS)
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)?

Susan: Scopus indexing for SARE happened in the 2nd half of 2018 and ESCI in January 2019.
Please briefly describe the indexing process, including challenges if any.

Susan: I can't really tell you the details about the indexing Obviously, articles have to fall within the journal's scope
process because that came down to the hard work of Prof and have to meet the standards of our reviewers (as well as
Sharmani Gabriel, our former chief editor. One of the main our own standards). Apart from that, we have to ensure
challenges was moving from publishing once a year to broad international representation so that we don't end up
publishing twice a year. This involved soliciting more featuring the same authors from the same countries too
articles as well as ensuring that we could get the journal out many times.
on time. Another very important issue is ensuring quality. What have been the benefits of your Journal being
While we do get a lot of submissions, we have to be quite indexed?
stringent about which articles are accepted.

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