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Journal of Computational Science

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2010

ISSN1877-7503eISSN1877-7511

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.734

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.208

Total Worksi

2,313

Total Citationsi

47,677

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Computational Science is an international platform for exchanging novel research results in simulation-based science across all scientific disciplines.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 206 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,313

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1877-7503 / 1877-7511

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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

2.1k

2019

141

2.7k

2020

149

2.5k

2021

238

3.6k

2022

201

2.5k

2023

228

1.6k

2024

188

494

2025

183

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.

Modeling and SimulationQ1

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Theoretical Computer ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Theoretical Computer ScienceModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complex Network Analysis TechniquesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringLattice Boltzmann Simulation StudiesDistributed and Parallel Computing SystemsModel Reduction and Neural NetworksMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchAdvanced Numerical Methods in Computational MathematicsParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Computational Science

Is Journal of Computational Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Computational Science: 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 Journal of Computational Science?

Journal of Computational Science 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 3.36.

Is Journal of Computational Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Computational Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.