A spokesperson for Elsevier, which in addition to owning Scopus is also the parent company of Cell Press, the publisher of Heliyon, told it is "investigating" but would not elaborate. According to its website, "Heliyon considers research from all areas of the physical, applied, life, social and medical sciences."
The journal Cureus, a Springer Nature title that prides itself on speedy publication, has drawn flak for publishing low-quality studies and hosting "channels" that allow questionable organizations to hand-pick their own editors. Earlier this year, it retracted 55 papers from Saudi Arabia for dubious authorship.
Rachel Scheer, director of external communications, academia and government, at Clarivate, told: "When the evaluation is complete, the publisher will be informed of the outcome and the journal will either be removed from coverage if it no longer meets the quality criteria or remain covered if it continues to meet the quality criteria. The freely accessible Master Journal List is updated monthly and should be considered the authoritative source for Web of Science coverage."
