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Journal of Open Research Software

Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2049-9647

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.239

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.771

Total Worksi

362

Total Citationsi

13,652

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Systems; Library and Information Sciences; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications362

Publisher OrgUbiquity Press

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ubiquity Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2049-9647

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

LOCKSS, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

610

2019

272

2020

2021

166

2022

137

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.

Information SystemsQ3

Library and Information SciencesQ3

SoftwareQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesInformation SystemsSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Scientific Computing and Data ManagementComputational Physics and Python ApplicationsDistributed and Parallel Computing SystemsResearch Data Management PracticesMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsData Analysis with RParallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesClimate variability and modelsCell Image Analysis TechniquesFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Open Research Software

Is Journal of Open Research Software a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Open Research Software: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Open Research Software?

Journal of Open Research Software is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.239.

Is Journal of Open Research Software indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Open Research Software is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Open Research Software?