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A Scopus badge is not a status
The badge on a journal homepage is a claim the journal makes about itself. The status is a record kept somewhere else.
What the badge actually claims
Nobody at Elsevier maintains the line on a journal’s homepage. No process removes it when coverage ends.
Risk / what this costs you
An article accepted while a journal is still listed can still end up uncredited. Committees check the status on the day they review your file, not the day you submitted.
Where the status actually lives
The source list is the authoritative record — a file Elsevier republishes a few times a year.
Four states, one decision
Once you read the record instead of the badge, every journal falls into one of four states.
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