Bibliometric assessment of national scientific journals

Nationally oriented scientific-scholarly journals are considered from a methodological-informetric viewpoint, analysing data extracted Scimago Journal Rank based on Scopus. An operational definition is proposed of journal’s degree national orientation the geographical distribution its publishing or citing authors, and role international collaboration country’s total publication output discussed. A comprehensive analysis presented trends up until 2019 in citation impact entering Scopus, extending outcomes earlier studies. method to analyse given countries applied set former USSR republics Eastern Central European states which were under socialism, distinguishing between domestic foreign journals. The possible influence highlighted factors related access status, language subject field, scientific migration collaboration, database coverage policies, size research community, historical-political assessment funding policies.