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Information Sciences

Elsevier Inc. · United States

ISSN0020-0255eISSN1872-6291

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.507

H-Indexi

276

SNIPi

1.978

Total Worksi

22,648

Total Citationsi

771,982

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Information Sciences is a journal that publishes research in information, knowledge engineering, intelligent systems, computer science, fuzzy logic, and service engineering. It aims to present original, innovative, and creative research results, along with occasional tutorial and surveying contributions.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, May 1994-

StatusActive

Total Publications22,648

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0020-0255 / 1872-6291

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

984

53k

2019

44k

2020

1.1k

39k

2021

1.4k

39k

2022

1.4k

30k

2023

1.5k

16k

2024

990

3.2k

2025

855

316

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Artificial IntelligenceQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Information Systems and ManagementQ1

SoftwareQ1

Theoretical Computer ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information Systems

Scopus Categories

Information Systems and ManagementComputer Science ApplicationsSoftwareControl and Systems EngineeringTheoretical Computer ScienceArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multi-Criteria Decision MakingRough Sets and Fuzzy LogicMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchFuzzy Logic and Control SystemsFuzzy Systems and Optimization

Frequently asked questions about Information Sciences

Is Information Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Information Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Information Sciences?

Information Sciences is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.08.

Is Information Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Information Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.