Indexing & Abstracting

VIJLMSS is committed to broad scholarly discoverability. The journal's metadata is openly available via OAI-PMH at /vijlmss/oai, which enables automatic harvesting by major academic search services.

Currently indexed

• Google Scholar — auto-harvested via OAI-PMH.
• OpenAIRE — via OAI-PMH metadata.
• BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) — via OAI-PMH.
• OAIster (OCLC) — via OAI-PMH.

Applications in progress

• ISSN (Online) — applied for; awaiting allocation.
• Crossref — DOI registration planned; DOIs will be minted once Crossref membership is finalised.
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) — application to be filed after the inaugural issue is published, in line with DOAJ's minimum-record requirement.
• ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources) — application planned after ISSN allocation.
• PKP Preservation Network — registration in progress (see Archiving Policy).

Planned

• Scopus (Elsevier) — eligible after sustained publication and indexing footprint.
• Web of Science (Clarivate) ESCI — eligible after editorial track record.
• EBSCO and ProQuest content licensing — under review.
• JSTOR and Project MUSE pathways — under evaluation for humanities content.

This page is updated as new indexing decisions are confirmed. Items shown with current status (in progress, planned) reflect intent and ongoing applications, not current indexed status.