Another scientific journal of KazNU included in Scopus
Another scientific journal "Bulletin of KazNU. Series of Mathematics, Mechanics and Informatics" of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University is included in the scientific database Scopus.
This is another confirmation of the course of KazNU on internationalization and formation of a research university. Scientific edition "Bulletin of KazNU. Series of Mathematics, Mechanics and Informatics" is published under the leadership of leading Kazakhstani and foreign scientists who make up the editorial board of the journal. The materials of the edition cover the latest topical problems and achievements in the field of mathematics, mechanics and information technology. In addition to Scopus, the journal is also indexed in other well-known scientometric bases such as CrossRef, EBSCO, DOAJ, RINC, and Web of Science. In 2022 the journal was included in the Web of Science database, and this year it received the first impact factor of the indexing base. The publications of the journal are cited in the proceedings of prestigious international conferences and in scientific journals with high ratings.
Scopus is the world's largest abstract database, which allows to determine the level of citation of articles of scientific publications. The database contains more than 20 thousand publications from 5000 international publishers. The quality of Scopus data is recognized by leading universities and research organizations that use this database to evaluate research work, as well as by rating agencies to compile world university rankings.
As follows from the policy of the Expert Council on the selection of content in the Scopus database, for the international audience the publication of relevant scientific articles in the journal is an important and decisive criterion for the inclusion of the journal in the database. Thus, "Bulletin of KazNU. Series of Mathematics, Mechanics and Informatics" passed expert evaluation and selection according to such evaluation criteria as academic contribution to the research area, citation of journal articles in Scopus, geographical distribution of editors and authors, clear and publicly available statements on publication ethics and much more.
Published in the journal "Bulletin of KazNU. Series of Mathematics, Mechanics and Informatics" articles are highly appreciated by the Expert Council of Scopus database, which makes a worthy contribution to raising the international scientific prestige of Al-Farabi KazNU.
It should be noted that the journal "Bulletin of KazNU. Series Mathematics, Mechanics and Informatics" is the first journal, and in general, the third scientific publication of Al-Farabi KazNU, included in the Scopus database. Thus, the International Journal of Mathematics and Physics and the journal Physical Sciences and Technology are already indexed in the database. Inclusion of one more scientific journal in the prestigious scientometric database will undoubtedly contribute to further advancement of the university in the subject rankings QS World University Rankings by Subject and Times Higher Education World University Ranking by Subject.
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