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Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing

Birkhauser Boston · United States · Est. 1972

ISSN1531-5878

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.398

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.832

Total Worksi

5,556

Total Citationsi

65,602

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing publishes very-high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in circuit theory and practice, linear and nonlinear networks and systems, theory and applications of analog and digital signal processing, multimedia, neural networks and VLSI Signal Processing. Solicits cutting-edge survey articles that explores topic progression and includes new results. Publishes special issues on modern topics of interest in circuits, systems and signal processing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

Frequency12 Issues Per Year, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,556

Publisher OrgBirkhäuser

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

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?

Birkhauser Boston

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1531-5878

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

311

6.2k

2019

270

3.4k

2020

301

3.5k

2021

364

2022

308

2.8k

2023

387

1.9k

2024

483

826

2025

294

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.

Applied MathematicsQ3

Signal ProcessingQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsSignal Processing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Speech and Audio ProcessingStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsAdvanced Adaptive Filtering TechniquesBlind Source Separation TechniquesAnalog and Mixed-Signal Circuit DesignImage and Signal Denoising MethodsControl Systems and IdentificationDigital Filter Design and ImplementationNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationFault Detection and Control Systems

Frequently asked questions about Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing

Is Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing: 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 Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing?

Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing 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 1.91.

Is Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.