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Expert Systems

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1984

ISSN1468-0394

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

202

days submission → published

measured · last 16 articles · accept 178d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.738

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.129

Total Worksi

3,483

Total Citationsi

41,650

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science, Theory & Methods; Artificial Intelligence; Computational Theory and Mathematics; Control and Systems Engineering; Theoretical Computer Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,483

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-0394

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

146

2.8k

2019

161

2020

270

6.2k

2021

309

3.7k

2022

308

3.2k

2023

310

2024

226

576

2025

163

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ2

Computational Theory and MathematicsQ2

Control and Systems EngineeringQ2

Theoretical Computer ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Control and Systems EngineeringTheoretical Computer ScienceArtificial IntelligenceComputational Theory and Mathematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

AI-based Problem Solving and PlanningTopic ModelingMulti-Criteria Decision MakingNeural Networks and ApplicationsSemantic Web and OntologiesData Mining Algorithms and ApplicationsImbalanced Data Classification TechniquesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

Frequently asked questions about Expert Systems

Is Expert Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Expert Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Expert Systems?

Expert Systems 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 3.45.

Is Expert Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Expert Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.