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Journal of Group Theory

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1998

ISSN1435-4446

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.6

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.956

Total Worksi

1,635

Total Citationsi

9,678

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Group Theory is devoted to the publication of original research articles in all aspects of group theory. Articles concerning applications of group theory and articles from research areas which have a significant impact on group theory will also be considered.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Frequency6 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,635

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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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

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1435-4446

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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?

Yes

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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

206

2019

127

2020

2021

2022

2023

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 TheoryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics

Scopus Categories

Algebra and Number Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Finite Group Theory ResearchGeometric and Algebraic TopologyCoding theory and cryptographygraph theory and CDMA systemsAdvanced Algebra and GeometryRings, Modules, and AlgebrasHomotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic TopologyAlgebraic structures and combinatorial modelssemigroups and automata theoryAdvanced Topology and Set Theory

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Group Theory

Is Journal of Group Theory a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Group Theory 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 0.45.

Is Journal of Group Theory indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Group Theory is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.