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Information Processing Letters

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0020-0190eISSN1872-6119

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.412

H-Index

145

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.728

Total Works

8,730

Total Citations

167,565

2yr Mean Citedness

0.55

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on theoretical computer science, including algorithms for graph coloring and geometric intersection problems. It also covers formal languages and parsing methods, and complexity theory for specification languages. Additionally, it addresses optimization problems on graphs, such as the k-center problem with uncertain data.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 63 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications8,730

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0020-0190 / 1872-6119

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ3

Information SystemsQ3

Signal ProcessingQ3

Theoretical Computer ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information Systems

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsTheoretical Computer ScienceSignal Processing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Graph Theory ResearchComplexity and Algorithms in GraphsAlgorithms and Data Compressionsemigroups and automata theoryOptimization and Search Problems