News release from Scopus

Title: World Applied Sciences Journal
ISSN / E-ISSN: 1818-4952 / 1991-6426
Publisher: International Digital Organization for Scientific Information

Dear Prof. Ghasem D. Najafpour,

The title mentioned above has been evaluated for inclusion in Scopus by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB). The review of this title is now complete and the CSAB has advised that the title will be accepted for inclusion in Scopus. For your information, the reviewer comments are copied below:

This title has a convincing journal policy and citedness above expectations for a relatively young journal. Online accessibility is good.

If necessary, our source collection department will contact the Publisher in due course. The title will be added to Scopus as soon as we have access to the title.

Yours sincerely,
The Scopus Team

From: contentqueries <ContentQueries@elsevier.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:41:47 +0100
Subject: RE: The review of your title for Scopus is complete
To: IDOSI Publications <idosi.editor@gmail.com>

Dear Mr. Zeeshan,

Thank you for your email.

Since the "title World Applied Science Journal"(ISSN 1818-4952) has been
accepted for Scopus at 4 March 2011, the first next step is the indexing
of content of your journal in Scopus. Our Source Collection department
will contact the publisher of this title (probably you in this case)
about this matter. Normally it will take a couple of months in order to
find articles of your journal in Scopus. When the content is visible in
Scopus, your title will be added to the final list of titles that are
included in Scopus. The entire process can take several months or
longer. Our apologies for this inconvenience. We appreciate your
patience in this matter.

Hopefully this clarifies. In case of any further questions, please don’t
hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,

Michael Epskamp
Scopus Title Evaluation Support Manager
contentqueries@elsevier.com