Scientific indexing and article submission attraction: The case of PsychTech & Health Journal

Abstract

Scientific indexing databases play a crucial role in the visibility and impact of scientific output. Specifically, these databases enable academic journals to reach a wider audience for their published articles, thereby increasing the number of citations and, consequently, enhancing the scientific impact of both the articles and their authors. Among the leading multidisciplinary scientific databases, notable examples include Scopus, commonly used for calculating the h-index; the Web of Science, which references the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) impact factor; and the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), which indexes open-access journals that adhere to best editorial practices.