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Journal of Combinatorial Designs

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States

ISSN1063-8539eISSN1520-6610

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

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

0.573

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CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.907

Total Works

1,770

Total Citations

12,401

2yr Mean Citedness

0.45

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The Journal of Combinatorial Designs publishes research on the existence, construction, and enumeration of combinatorial designs. This includes topics such as balanced incomplete block designs, Steiner systems, packing designs, and related structures. The journal also covers applications of combinatorial designs in areas like coding theory, authentication codes, and combinatorial testing.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 61 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,770

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

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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?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1063-8539 / 1520-6610

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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

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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.

Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics

Scopus Categories

Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

graph theory and CDMA systemsCoding theory and cryptographyFinite Group Theory ResearchLimits and Structures in Graph TheoryGraph Labeling and Dimension Problems