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Journal of Scheduling

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1094-6136eISSN1099-1425

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.671

H-Indexi

SNIPi

Total Worksi

1,160

Total Citationsi

32,662

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Scheduling is a peer-reviewed journal that covers techniques and applications of scheduling research, spanning several distinct disciplines. Provides new and novel techniques, applications, theoretical issues, and innovative approaches to problems. Represents the only interdisciplinary journal with broad coverage of scheduling techniques and applications. Assists readers in various fields, from computer science and operational research to retail and service industries, in solving complex scheduling problems. Highlights the latest advances in scheduling research and technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,160

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1094-6136 / 1099-1425

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

365

2019

636

2020

333

2021

477

2022

134

2023

146

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.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Artificial IntelligenceQ2

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ2

SoftwareQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, ManufacturingOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Management Science and Operations ResearchSoftwareEngineering (miscellaneous)Artificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsOptimization and Search ProblemsAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationOptimization and Packing ProblemsAssembly Line Balancing OptimizationScheduling and Timetabling SolutionsVehicle Routing Optimization MethodsResource-Constrained Project SchedulingDistributed and Parallel Computing SystemsConstraint Satisfaction and Optimization

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Scheduling

Is Journal of Scheduling a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Scheduling 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 1.75.

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

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