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Compositio Mathematica

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1935

ISSN1570-5846

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.88

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.085

Total Worksi

2,541

Total Citationsi

47,168

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Compositio Mathematica publishes first-class research papers in pure mathematics. All contributions are required to meet high standards of quality and originality and are carefully screened by experts in the field.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1935

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,541

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCC-BY

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?

1570-5846

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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

102

865

2019

673

2020

606

2021

475

2022

100

419

2023

139

2024

109

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.

Algebra and Number TheoryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics

Scopus Categories

Algebra and Number Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Algebraic Geometry and Number TheoryAdvanced Algebra and GeometryAlgebraic structures and combinatorial modelsHomotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic TopologyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationGeometry and complex manifoldsGeometric and Algebraic TopologyAnalytic Number Theory ResearchPolynomial and algebraic computation

Frequently asked questions about Compositio Mathematica

Is Compositio Mathematica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Compositio Mathematica: 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 Compositio Mathematica?

Compositio Mathematica 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 0.88.

Is Compositio Mathematica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Compositio Mathematica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.