Shodhyantri Engineering Services
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We help you confirm whether ESCI meets your requirement, find genuine Emerging Sources journals in your field and manage the submission through peer review.
Tell us about your esci publication support need. We reply within one working day.
ESCI publication support is for scholars considering journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, part of Clarivate's Web of Science Core Collection. ESCI covers many regional, newer and specialist journals that have passed Clarivate's quality checks but are not in SCIE, SSCI or AHCI. For many Indian scholars in management, education, regional studies and applied sciences, ESCI journals offer a realistic and respectable home for good research.
The first question is always whether ESCI counts under your rule. Some institutions accept it, others do not. Shodhyantri helps you confirm this, then shortlists verified ESCI journals that fit your work and supports the submission and revision steps. Your research and writing remain yours. We guide and review, and acceptance remains the journal's decision through peer review. We also keep dated records of each check.
Clarivate launched the Emerging Sources Citation Index in 2015. Journals in ESCI meet Clarivate's quality criteria, such as peer review, ethical publishing practice and editorial standards, but have not met the citation impact criteria used for the flagship indexes. ESCI journals are fully part of the Web of Science Core Collection.
Since the 2023 release of Journal Citation Reports, ESCI journals have been given a Journal Impact Factor. Over time, Clarivate may move an ESCI journal into SCIE, SSCI or AHCI if its impact grows, or remove it if standards slip. That makes current verification important both before submission and before payment.
We help you confirm in writing whether ESCI counts for your PhD, recruitment or promotion before you spend time on a journal search.
Many ESCI journals publish regional and applied studies. We find titles where Indian data and contexts are welcomed rather than treated as niche.
Each journal is checked on the Master Journal List for ESCI coverage, matching title, ISSN and publisher to avoid clone sites.
We help you weigh ESCI against flagship indexes honestly, based on your paper's strength and your timeline, not on labels.
We prepare the submission package to each journal's guidelines, which vary widely among smaller ESCI publishers.
We help you read reviewer reports, plan changes and write clear, respectful responses that address every point.
Ten stages, each with a clear output. Nothing moves to the next stage until you have reviewed the last one.
— You review every stage first, then decide —
Written confirmation that ESCI meets your requirement is in hand before the search begins.
ESCI coverage is confirmed on Clarivate's list with the date of verification noted.
Editorial board, peer review statement and publication ethics policy are read and found sound.
Formatting, referencing and file requirements of the chosen journal are fully met.
Each comment receives a specific reply with clear reference to the changes made.
Indexing proof, decision letters and DOI are stored together for your records.
Every stage is shared with notes explaining what was changed and why. You and your supervisor check it, and the next stage starts only after your go-ahead.
| Common problem | How Shodhyantri helps |
|---|---|
| Publishing in an ESCI journal when the rule demands SCIE or SSCI only. | Read and save the rule first. If it lists only flagship indexes, ESCI will not satisfy it, however good the journal. |
| Assuming an ESCI journal has no impact factor and reporting it wrongly. | Check Journal Citation Reports. ESCI journals now receive a JIF, though they may not carry a category rank in every release. |
| Judging an ESCI journal only by its listing without reading recent issues. | Read several recent articles. Listing confirms coverage, but your paper still needs to suit the journal's readers and standards. |
| Missing the journal's own formatting rules because it uses a simple email submission. | Follow the author guidelines exactly, even when the submission route is informal. Editors notice careless formatting quickly. |
| Trusting a site that copies an ESCI journal's name with a new domain. | Match the URL and publisher with the Master Journal List record before submitting anything or paying fees. |
| Treating ESCI as a fallback and sending an unrevised rejected manuscript. | Revise using earlier reviewer comments first. ESCI journals peer review papers and reject weak work too. |
A written answer from your research cell on ESCI acceptance protects you from rule disputes during evaluation.
Many ESCI titles are run by academic societies or universities, which often have careful, field-specific review.
Editorial board members should be real researchers with verifiable affiliations and publications in the field.
Some ESCI journals later enter SCIE or SSCI. Status at your publication date is what usually matters.
If your study uses Indian district or state data, a regional ESCI journal may reach readers who will use it.
Quote ESCI clearly in your CV and note the JCR year if you mention an impact factor.
Smaller journals may have slower review. Factor this into degree or promotion deadlines.
When your article appears in Web of Science, save the record page. It is your strongest proof of indexing.
Your work is handled by people who read your field's literature, not by a single generalist.
A PhD-qualified specialist from your field who checks the research logic, gap and contribution.
Handles statistics, models and qualitative coding, and documents every analytical decision.
Improves structure, flow, clarity and academic tone without changing your meaning.
Builds and validates MATLAB, Python, ANSYS or COMSOL work where your study needs it.
Checks grammar, consistency, numbering, citations and the small errors examiners notice.
Applies your university or journal template, reference style and front matter exactly.
Yes. The Emerging Sources Citation Index is one of the indexes in the Web of Science Core Collection, alongside SCIE, SSCI and AHCI. Whether it satisfies your specific requirement is a separate question that depends on your institution's written rule.
Yes. Starting with the 2023 release of Journal Citation Reports, Clarivate gives ESCI journals a Journal Impact Factor. Check the current JCR entry for the exact figure and do not rely on numbers shown on journal websites.
No. ESCI journals use peer review, and their editors decide acceptance. We cannot promise any outcome. We help you choose a fitting journal, submit correctly and respond well to reviewers, which is what genuinely improves your chances.
Neither is automatically better. They are different indexes run by different organisations, and many journals are in both. What matters is your rule's wording, the journal's fit with your study and its editorial quality. We compare these factors with you.
Yes. Clarivate re-evaluates journals and can remove titles that no longer meet its criteria. Verify coverage close to submission and again before paying any charge, and save a dated record. We help you keep that record in a simple file.
No. The study, analysis and writing are yours. We confirm eligibility, verify journals, review submission readiness and support reviewer responses. Separate language editing is available and keeps your meaning unchanged. You and your co-authors remain the authors throughout.
It varies widely. Some respond within weeks, others take several months. We check each journal's stated timelines and recent publication dates so you can plan around your deadline. If your deadline is close, we prefer journals with recent, steady publication patterns.
We provide research guidance, statistical analysis, editing, formatting and training support. All research content remains the scholar's own work, in line with UGC and university academic integrity norms. We do not guarantee publication, acceptance, indexing or academic outcomes: journals decide through peer review and universities award degrees.
Share your topic, draft or data. We will tell you honestly what it needs, and what it does not, before you pay anything.