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Computers and Fluids

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0045-7930eISSN1879-0747

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.823

H-Indexi

157

SNIPi

1.29

Total Worksi

7,117

Total Citationsi

192,528

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Mechanics; Computer Science (miscellaneous); Engineering (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTen Issues A Year, <June 2003->

StatusActive

Total Publications7,117

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0045-7930 / 1879-0747

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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?

N/A

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

301

5.6k

2019

274

4.6k

2020

255

3.1k

2021

256

3.1k

2022

264

2.5k

2023

259

1.4k

2024

307

564

2025

224

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.

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsMechanics

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Engineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsLattice Boltzmann Simulation StudiesAdvanced Numerical Methods in Computational MathematicsFluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Computers and Fluids

Is Computers and Fluids a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Computers and Fluids: 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 Computers and Fluids?

Computers and Fluids 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 2.26.

Is Computers and Fluids indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Computers and Fluids is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Computers and Fluids?