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Formal Methods in System Design

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1992

ISSN1572-8102
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / 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.

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📊 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
0.29
H-Indexi
76
SNIPi
1.035
Total Worksi
819
Total Citationsi
25,152
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.94
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Formal Methods in System Design is a journal dedicated to presenting the latest advancements in formal methods for hardware and software system design. Reports on formal methods for designing, implementing, and validating hardware and software systems. Publishes high quality, original papers spanning all aspects of formal methods. Aims to build a valuable collection of widely applicable formal methods. Serves as an international platform for the dissemination of research related to the application and development of formal methods. Invites papers describing original work in all aspects of formal methods as they relate to system design.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1992
FrequencyBimonthly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications819
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Netherlands
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1572-8102
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
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
17
238
2019
9
54
2020
43
198
2021
31
100
2022
16
50
2023
23
60
2024
27
7
2025
10
1
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.

Hardware and ArchitectureQ3
SoftwareQ3
Theoretical Computer ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Hardware and ArchitectureSoftwareTheoretical Computer Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Formal Methods in VerificationLogic, programming, and type systemsSoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesEmbedded Systems Design TechniquesSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchPetri Nets in System ModelingModel-Driven Software Engineering TechniquesDistributed systems and fault toleranceParallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesSecurity and Verification in Computing

Frequently asked questions about Formal Methods in System Design

Is Formal Methods in System Design a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Formal Methods in System Design: 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 Formal Methods in System Design?

Formal Methods in System Design 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 0.94.

Is Formal Methods in System Design indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Formal Methods in System Design is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Formal Methods in System Design?

Formal Methods in System Design is a journal dedicated to presenting the latest advancements in formal methods for hardware and software system design. Reports on formal methods for designing, implementing, and validating hardware and software systems. Publishes high quality, original papers spanning all aspects of formal methods. Aims to build a valuable collection of widely applicable formal methods. Serves as an international platform for the dissemination of research related to the application and development of formal methods. Invites papers describing original work in all aspects of form

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