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Social Network Analysis and Mining

Springer-Verlag Wien · Austria · Est. 2002

ISSN1869-5450eISSN1869-5469
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.675
H-Indexi
67
SNIPi
1.415
Total Worksi
1,565
Total Citationsi
27,710
2yr Mean Citednessi
4.25
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Social Network Analysis and Mining is a multidisciplinary journal focusing on theoretical and experimental work related to social network analysis and mining. Serves a wide range of researchers from computer science, network science, social sciences, mathematical sciences, medical, biological, financial, management, and political sciences. It covers a broad spectrum of topics from social sciences, mathematics, statistics, physics, network science, and computer science. Aims to create a platform that encourages the integration of varied techniques in the analysis and mining of social networks.

General Information

Country / RegionAustria
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2002
Annual Volume~ 174 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,565
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-Verlag Wien
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1869-5450 / 1869-5469
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
71
1.7k
2019
90
2k
2020
140
3.3k
2021
168
2.6k
2022
155
2.8k
2023
224
1.7k
2024
144
591
2025
77
105
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.

CommunicationQ1
Media TechnologyQ1
Computer Science ApplicationsQ2
Human-Computer InteractionQ2
Information SystemsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information Systems

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsHuman-Computer InteractionCommunicationMedia Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complex Network Analysis TechniquesOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceMisinformation and Its ImpactsSentiment Analysis and Opinion MiningSpam and Phishing DetectionSocial Media and PoliticsAdvanced Graph Neural NetworksAdvanced Text Analysis TechniquesHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionTopic Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Social Network Analysis and Mining

Is Social Network Analysis and Mining a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Network Analysis and Mining: 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 Social Network Analysis and Mining?

Social Network Analysis and Mining 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 4.25.

Is Social Network Analysis and Mining indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Network Analysis and Mining is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social Network Analysis and Mining?

Social Network Analysis and Mining is a multidisciplinary journal focusing on theoretical and experimental work related to social network analysis and mining. Serves a wide range of researchers from computer science, network science, social sciences, mathematical sciences, medical, biological, financial, management, and political sciences. It covers a broad spectrum of topics from social sciences, mathematics, statistics, physics, network science, and computer science. Aims to create a platform that encourages the integration of varied techniques in the analysis and mining of social networks.

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