Sharing your book with citation indexes

A complete guide

At Taylor & Francis, we understand the importance of making sure your book reaches the right audiences through trusted citation indexes that enhance discoverability and impact measurement. In this guide you will find the major citation indexes we partner with, helping you see where your published content may appear.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes scholarly literature across various publishing formats and disciplines.

  • Your books, including any back-list titles, are discoverable through Google Scholar as it regularly crawls our eBook platform for content and metadata.

  • Expected indexing timelines vary, with new titles typically taking at least 6 months to appear in Google Scholar search results.

  • This enhanced discoverability provides long-term benefits, connecting your research with the ideal audience and potentially increasing your citation impact.

Scopus

  • Scopus, managed by Elsevier, is a comprehensive abstract and citation database that indexes our content at both book and chapter levels. It accepts academic books containing scholarly, professional, or educational information from a wide range of disciplines.

  • Having your book added to Scopus enhances its discoverability among researchers worldwide and may contribute to increased citation counts and scholarly impact in your field.

  • If your book meets Scopus criteria, it will be submitted for assessment upon publication. We’ll make sure that your book meets all technical requirements for submission. However, inclusion in the Scopus index is at the discretion of Elsevier, and we aren’t provided with individual reasons for rejection.

Pubmed

PubMed Bookshelf is a free online resource that provides access to books and documents in life sciences and healthcare. It’s a valuable repository for biomedical books, reports, and other document types, making scientific literature freely accessible to researchers, healthcare professionals, and the public.

If your content is funded by any of the following organizations, we will gladly submit your open access book to PubMed upon your request:

  • NIH

  • Wellcome Trust

  • CSIRO

  • Health Research Council of New Zealand

  • UKRI

  • Nutrition and HIV Epidemiological Evidence to Public Health

If your funder isn’t on our list, that’s not a problem. If another funder is requesting submission to PubMed, please reach out to your editorial contact and we’ll be happy to discuss your options.

For books or chapters not published as Open Access, an embargo period must be observed before submission to PubMed/Bookshelf:

  • 12 months after publication for STEM subjects

  • 18 months after publication for HSS subjects

Connecting to ORCiD

Orcid Connecting Research and Researchers - Click here to get your unique ORCID author identifier and start compiling your research record

Web of Science links up with your ORCID profile in both directions, so once you’ve connected them, your publications automatically sync between the two systems. Scopus works a bit differently, letting you push your Scopus publications into your ORCID profile, which helps keep all your research in one place.

Both these connections make sure you get proper credit for your work, boost your visibility, and contains your research to one consistent author profile. You can find out more about ORCID on our dedicated page.

Web of Science

Clarivate’s Web of Science indexes our content at both book and chapter levels and assesses titles across over 250 disciplines. The index considers scholarly books that present fully referenced original research meeting their Book Citation Index (BKCI) criteria.

  • If your book is eligible for assessment, we’ll submit it to Web of Science upon publication and make sure all technical requirements for evaluation are met.

  • The evaluation and indexing process is labor-intensive and driven by Web of Science editorial priorities. Since all book submissions undergo manual review, your book may take up to 6 months to complete this process.

  • Inclusion is at the discretion of Clarivate and we cannot appeal rejections.

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OAPEN

OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) empowers you to increase the visibility, accessibility, and impact of your scholarly work by removing paywalls and hosting your publications in a quality-controlled collection that reaches global audiences. All our Open Access content is sent to OAPEN upon publication.

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