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European Journal of Combinatorics

Academic Press · United States · Est. 1972

ISSN1095-9971

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.207

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.595

Total Worksi

5,170

Total Citationsi

68,300

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The European Journal of Combinatorics is an international journal of pure mathematics and discrete mathematics, specializing in theories arising from combinatorial problems. It is open to papers dealing with mathematical structures within combinatorics and establishing direct links between combinatorics and other branches of mathematics and the theories of computing.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

FrequencyEight Times A Year, <Feb./Apr. 1996->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,170

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-9971

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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

123

588

2019

161

785

2020

148

646

2021

120

431

2022

180

464

2023

142

204

2024

155

123

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.

Computational Theory and MathematicsQ1

Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsQ1

Geometry and TopologyQ1

Theoretical Computer ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics

Scopus Categories

Theoretical Computer ScienceDiscrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsComputational Theory and MathematicsGeometry and Topology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Graph Theory Researchgraph theory and CDMA systemsLimits and Structures in Graph TheoryAdvanced Combinatorial MathematicsFinite Group Theory ResearchCoding theory and cryptographyGraph theory and applicationsGraph Labeling and Dimension ProblemsAdvanced Mathematical Identitiessemigroups and automata theory

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Combinatorics

Is European Journal of Combinatorics a predatory journal?

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

European Journal of Combinatorics 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 0.81.

Is European Journal of Combinatorics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Journal of Combinatorics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.