Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources (-> http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus). ontains 41 million records, 70% with abstracts nearly 18,000 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide 70% of content is pulled from international sources includes over 3 million conference papers provides 100% Medline coverage offers sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research Since February of this year LOGISTICS RESEARCH is listed in Scopus, too, which significantly increases the visibility and range of articles published in our journal. II. An important first step in LOGISTICS RESEARCH’s march up the journal ranking lists The process of getting recognized and appreciated in the academic community through journal rankings usually takes many years. The editors of LOGISTICS RESEARCH are glad to report that Jourqual, the professional ranking through the German Association for Business Research (i.e. the “Verban...