Table 3. Distribution of Scopus discontinued journals by subject areas.
| Medicine | 16.40% | (52/317) |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10.70% | (34/317) |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 9.77% | (31/317) |
| Engineering | 7.88% | (25/317) |
| Computer Science | 7.88% | (25/317) |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5.36% | (18/317) |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5.36% | (17/317) |
| Mathematics | 5.36% | (17/317) |
| Social Sciences | 4.73% | (15/317) |
| Arts and Humanities | 3.78% | (12/317) |
| Multidisciplinary | 3.50% | (11/317) |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2.52% | (8/317) |
| Environmental Science | 2.21% | (7/317) |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2.21% | (7/317) |
| Materials Science | 2.21% | (7/317) |
| Veterinary | 2.21% | (7/317) |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1.58% | (5/317) |
| Chemistry | 1.26% | (4/317) |
| Energy | 1.26% | (4/317) |
| Chemical Engineering | 0.94% | (3/317) |
| Physics and Astronomy | 0.94% | (3/317) |
| Nursing | 0.63% | (2/317) |
| Dentistry | 0.32% | (1/317) |
| Health Professions | 0.32% | (1/317) |
| Neuroscience | 0.32% | (1/317) |
Data were retrieved from Scopus and are reported as percentages and fraction