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Journal of Functional Programming

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1966

ISSN1469-7653

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.29

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.728

Total Worksi

1,101

Total Citationsi

24,753

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Functional Programming (JFP) is a leading international journal that publishes original research of the highest quality in all aspects of functional programming. It covers theoretical foundations, new programming paradigms, language design and implementation, program analysis and verification, and applications of functional programming. JFP is essential reading for researchers and practitioners in computer science, software engineering, and related fields.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,101

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-7653

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind peer review

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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

199

2019

200

2020

145

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.

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Software

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Logic, programming, and type systemsFormal Methods in VerificationLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeParallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSoftware Engineering Researchsemigroups and automata theoryAdvanced Database Systems and QueriesDistributed systems and fault toleranceComputability, Logic, AI Algorithms

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Functional Programming

Is Journal of Functional Programming a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Functional Programming 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 0.59.

Is Journal of Functional Programming indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Functional Programming is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.