On February 9, 2023, Rabiga Khozhamkul, MD, MPH, PhD candidate – consultant of Elsevier for Central Asia and Azerbaijan, delivered the Elsevier scientific and methodological seminar on the topic: “How to publish a scientific article in an indexed journal and become a popular author using the Scopus database”. The seminar was organized by the “Turan” library and the Department of Doctoral Studies for PhD students and university’s teaching staff. The topic of the seminar was relevant and aroused great interest of the audience. During the seminar, the issues of the work in the Scopus scientific periodicals and citations database and the ScienceDirect Internet portal were highlighted.