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Constraints

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1996

ISSN1572-9354

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.385

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.848

Total Worksi

579

Total Citationsi

12,904

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science, Theory & Methods; Artificial Intelligence; Computational Theory and Mathematics; Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications579

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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1572-9354

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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

2019

2020

2021

140

2022

2023

2024

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ3

Computational Theory and MathematicsQ3

Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsQ3

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

SoftwareDiscrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsArtificial IntelligenceComputational Theory and Mathematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Constraint Satisfaction and OptimizationData Management and AlgorithmsFormal Methods in VerificationScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsScheduling and Timetabling SolutionsAI-based Problem Solving and PlanningLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeLogic, programming, and type systemsAdvanced Database Systems and QueriesModel-Driven Software Engineering Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Constraints

Is Constraints a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Constraints: 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 Constraints?

Constraints 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 Constraints indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Constraints is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.