The October update of the Scopus database once again became an alarm signal for the scientific community.
Following the September wave of exclusions, when popular technical and pedagogical journals disappeared from the database, in October 2025 Scopus published a new list of publications excluded due to Outlier Behavior or Publication Concerns.
Among those removed were journals in which researchers from Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Iraq, Turkey, and the Middle East actively published.
Most of them fell under the category Outlier Behavior, which indicates suspicion of citation manipulation or excessive publication activity.
Official Scopus journal exclusion list (October 2025)
ISSN: 2219-9764 | E-ISSN: 2617-8982
Publisher: University of Diyala College of Medicine
Official reason for exclusion: Publication Concerns
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101259011
E-ISSN: 2295-1210
Publisher: Arabic Translators International
Official reason for exclusion: Publication Concerns
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101181926
ISSN: 2770-0070 | E-ISSN: 2692-4048
Publisher: American Scientific Publishing Group (ASPG)
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101134649
ISSN: 2663-970X | E-ISSN: 2664-6005
Publisher: Kherson State University (Faculty of Psychology, History, and Sociology)
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101160593
ISSN: 1755-0386 | E-ISSN: 1755-0394
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/20400195003
E-ISSN: 2146-4138
Publisher: Econjournals
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100373226
ISSN: 2692-6148 | E-ISSN: 2690-6805
Publisher: American Scientific Publishing Group (ASPG)
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101066571
E-ISSN: 3028-1318
Publisher: Dr. Esmeralda F. Sanchez
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101284807
ISSN: 2769-7851 | E-ISSN: 2690-6775
Publisher: American Scientific Publishing Group (ASPG)
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101212490
ISSN: 2769-786X | E-ISSN: 2690-6791
Publisher: American Scientific Publishing Group (ASPG)
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101160591
E-ISSN: 1309-100X
Publisher: University of Dicle
Official reason for exclusion: Publication Concerns
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19900193275
ISSN: 1812-156X | E-ISSN: 2312-6760
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health
Official reason for exclusion: Publication Concerns
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101104276
ISSN: 0250-6882
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
Official reason for exclusion: Outlier Behavior
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101092734
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⚠️ Unofficial list of journals (not included in the public Scopus update)
ISSN: 1581-5374 | E-ISSN: 1855-363X
Publisher: Institute for Local Self-Government Maribor
Status: is missing from the official list, but no longer appears as indexed in Scopus.
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/17600155342
E-ISSN: 2149-1135
Publisher: Hacettepe University
Status: also not listed in the official list, but de-indexing of articles has been recorded.
Link: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100896854
Analytics and Conclusions
The publications that suffered the most in the October update were: American Scientific Publishing Group (ASPG) — five journals from this publisher were excluded based on the following criteria: Outlier Behavior.
This recurrence indicates that Scopus is stepping up its fight against "publishing factories" and failure to adhere to scientific integrity standards.
Particularly noticeable is the exclusion of university journals from Eastern Europe, which were previously considered stable.
This confirms that even publications with an academic reputation are now subject to more stringent auditing by Scopus.
What does this mean for researchers?
Publications in excluded journals will not be counted when defending dissertations and in grant competitions.
Some of the articles are already removed from the database, which means complete de-indexing.
Before submitting your manuscript, you must Be sure to check the journal on the Scopus website. (in the section Sources).
If you have already been published in such a publication, it is worth it. Contact the Academy of Articles specialists, to get advice on next steps: resubmission, changing the publication, or developing a new publication strategy.
Conclusion
October 2025 was another reminder: indexing in Scopus is not a lifetime status.
Even well-known journals can be excluded overnight if violations or statistical anomalies are discovered.
In a situation where careers and protection depend on publications, prudence and professional verification of sources are an obligatory part of scientific ethics.
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