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Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1992

ISSN1004-3756eISSN1861-9576

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.402

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.525

Total Worksi

817

Total Citationsi

12,720

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Aims to foster new thinking and research, to help the decision makers understand the mechanism and complexity of economic, engineering, management, social and technological systems, Learns the new developments in the theory and practice to improve the performance of systems. Publishes papers that are addressed to the theory, methodology and applications relating to systems science and systems engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

Frequencybimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications817

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1004-3756 / 1861-9576

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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

621

2019

246

2020

381

2021

271

2022

252

2023

203

2024

2025

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.

Information SystemsQ2

Control and Systems EngineeringQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Operations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsControl and Systems Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementSustainable Supply Chain ManagementConsumer Market Behavior and PricingMulti-Criteria Decision MakingScheduling and Optimization Algorithms

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Is Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering: 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 Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering?

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering 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 1.70.

Is Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.