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Journal of Complexity

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN1090-2708

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.754

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.501

Total Worksi

1,931

Total Citationsi

35,666

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematics; Mathematics, Applied; Algebra and Number Theory; Control and Optimization; Mathematics (miscellaneous); Numerical Analysis; Applied Mathematics; Statistics and Probability.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyBimonthly, 2003-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,931

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-2708

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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

316

2019

344

2020

273

2021

285

2022

220

2023

176

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.

Algebra and Number TheoryQ1

Control and OptimizationQ1

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q1

Numerical AnalysisQ1

Applied MathematicsQ2

Statistics and ProbabilityQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

MathematicsMathematics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Applied MathematicsNumerical AnalysisControl and OptimizationAlgebra and Number TheoryStatistics and Probability

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mathematical Approximation and IntegrationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationMathematical functions and polynomialsPolynomial and algebraic computationEducational Robotics and EngineeringComputability, Logic, AI AlgorithmsAdvanced Numerical Analysis TechniquesAdvanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchMatrix Theory and Algorithms

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Complexity

Is Journal of Complexity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Complexity: 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 Complexity?

Journal of Complexity 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 1.34.

Is Journal of Complexity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Complexity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.