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Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1546-4261eISSN1546-427X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.387

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.622

Total Worksi

1,662

Total Citationsi

16,319

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Software Engineering; Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyQuarterly, Plus One Special Issue, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,662

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1546-4261 / 1546-427X

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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?

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

436

2019

436

2020

415

2021

100

533

2022

742

2023

489

2024

247

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.

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignQ2

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human Motion and AnimationComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques3D Shape Modeling and AnalysisHuman Pose and Action RecognitionAdvanced Vision and ImagingEvacuation and Crowd DynamicsVirtual Reality Applications and ImpactsVideo Analysis and SummarizationFace recognition and analysisAugmented Reality Applications

Frequently asked questions about Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

Is Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds: 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 Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds?

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds 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 2.46.

Is Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds?