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Communications in Information and Systems

International Press, Inc. · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN1526-7555eISSN2163-4548
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.181
H-Indexi
39
SNIPi
0.528
Total Worksi
462
Total Citationsi
7,303
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.53
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Publishes high-quality short papers (up to 10 journal pages), regular papers (up to 20 journal pages), and expository papers (up to 30 journal pages) in areas including: information and coding theory, cryptology, decision and estimation, control theory, mathematical system theory, signal and image processing, bioinformatics, communication theory, image database, data mining, probabilistic reasoning, learning theory, speech recognition, computer vision, and discrete event systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2001
Frequency4 issues per year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications462
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
International Press, Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1526-7555 / 2163-4548
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer-review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
19
57
2019
17
120
2020
28
219
2021
23
52
2022
16
79
2023
17
45
2024
31
8
2025
12
5
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.

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information Systems

Scopus Categories

Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Control Systems OptimizationAdvanced Numerical Analysis TechniquesStochastic processes and financial applicationsStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems3D Shape Modeling and AnalysisControl Systems and IdentificationRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsComputer Graphics and Visualization TechniquesAdvanced Vision and Imaging

Frequently asked questions about Communications in Information and Systems

Is Communications in Information and Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Communications in Information and Systems: 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 Communications in Information and Systems?

Communications in Information and 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 0.53.

Is Communications in Information and Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Communications in Information and Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Communications in Information and Systems?

Publishes high-quality short papers (up to 10 journal pages), regular papers (up to 20 journal pages), and expository papers (up to 30 journal pages) in areas including: information and coding theory, cryptology, decision and estimation, control theory, mathematical system theory, signal and image processing, bioinformatics, communication theory, image database, data mining, probabilistic reasoning, learning theory, speech recognition, computer vision, and discrete event systems.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref