Scopus: what it is
Updated: Author: Alina Kanametova
Scopus: definition
Key answer
Check a journal against the official Scopus source list; Web of Science is the parallel database. A quartile is not a USCIS requirement but a strength signal: Q1-Q2 reads stronger, yet what decides is the substance of your article and your authorship role.
In the community, Scopus publications regularly appear in approved EB-1A and NIW cases - as part of the scholarly-articles criterion and as the base for citations. These are member observations, not a guarantee.
Scopus: what to do - tools
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Scopus: documents and templates from the library
Scopus: from community discussions
«Not a single letter has an addressee and none state that it's for the visa. The law contains no mandatory requirement that this must be stated in the letter. It says: recommendation letter. I can take recommendations for many purposes. The same letter can be used in different ways: post it on a website, show it to the association, put it in my case.»
Irina · from public community chats
«USCIS talks about comparable evidence if direct evidence can't be found. Membership in an association in an adjacent field can count if there are few associations for the specific profession.»
Andrey · from public community chats
«You can have membership in organizations/federations/associations where you don't receive a salary, list them as current. And in general it's all just for show, just to fill in the information about you, they're not going to dig up your organizations' documentation and check the termination orders.»
Nikolay · from public community chats
Personal opinions of community members from public discussions, not legal advice.
Scopus: related terms
A reference definition, not legal advice. Requirements and procedures depend on your case - verify on uscis.gov.
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