ISC Waiting List hosts a pool of indexed journals with promising quality and scientific content. The pool is derived from ISC Primary Journal List following evaluation based on a set of fine-tuned, moderately demanding benchmarks. Upon fulfilling the evaluation criteria, journals will land in the Waiting List for a rather short period, no longer than a year, until they are considered for coverage in the Core Collection. Journals that fall short of the waiting list standards will be demoted to the ISC Primary Journal List. International focus, publisher credibility, academic standing of editorial board, publication history, use of advanced journal submission systems, self-citation rate, and quartile ranks are the major criteria against which the titles are examined for coverage in ISC Waiting List.