Scopus Day Workshop

The Croatian Association for Scholarly Communication (CROASC or ZNAK) and the National and University Library in Zagreb, in collaboration with Elsevier, organised Scopus Day - Workshop for Croatian journal editors, which took place on 16 September 2025 from 13 to 17 h CEST at the CroAtrium, Conference Hall Judita, National and University Library in Zagreb, Ul. Hrvatske bratske zajednice 4.

At the workshop, an overview of Croatian scientific journals and their indexing in Scopus has been given, along with useful tips for inclusion in the database. Also, CROASC and HRČAK representatives have shown the trends in journal development and efforts for improving the quality and visibility of Croatian journals undertaken in recent years. Editors also had the opportunity to receive answers to the questions about the inclusion of journals in Scopus or suggestions for the journals' improvements.

PROGRAMME

13:00 – 13:10   Welcome (prof. Ivanka Stričević, National and University Library in Zagreb)

13:10 – 13:40   Overview of Croatian journals' visibility and acceptance tendency and roadmap (Dr. Wim Meester, Scopus Content Director) – joining online  

13:40 – 14:00   Status of Croatian journals, goals and trends in journal development (Iva Grabarić Andonovski, Croatian Association for Scholarly Communication)  

14:00 – 14:20   Portal of Croatian scientific and professional journals HRČAK – supporting editors in improving quality and visibility of their journals (University of Zagreb University Computing Centre SRCE)  

14:20 – 14:40   Journal Peristil path to Scopus (Martina Petrinović, Croatian Society of Art Historians)  

14:40 – 15:15   Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:00   How to get your journal indexed and what’s next after submission/discussion around Croatia’s research and publishing position (Alison Ferrett and Galina Yakshonak, Elsevier)  

16:00 – 17:00   Q&A to include pre-set question and answer session