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R Journal

Technische Universitaet Wien · Austria · Est. 2004

ISSN2073-4859

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.483

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.476

Total Worksi

812

Total Citationsi

52,369

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The R Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal, published by The R Foundation. It features short- to medium-length articles (up to 20 pages) covering topics of interest to users and developers of R. For example, description and implementation details of R packages, surveys or reviews of R software related to a particular area, applications of R software or descriptions of teaching resources related to R. All submissions must primarily be about R packages and R programming. Submissions that involve R calling other software will be considered provided: (a) the other software is open source and free to use; (b) is widely used; and (c) there is a clear justification for using it rather than a native R implementation. Occasional exceptions may be made if (a) is not satisfied, provided there is no viable open source alternative. The R Journal reaches a wide audience and has a thorough review process. Papers are expected to be concise, clearly written, not too technical, clearly related to R, and follow reproducible practices. Additional technical details and examples could be included as supplementary material. Authors of refereed articles should take care to: put their contribution in context, in particular discuss related R functions or packages; explain the motivation for their contribution; provide code to reproduce the material in the paper.

General Information

Country / RegionAustria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications812

OA Since2017

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Technische Universitaet Wien

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2073-4859

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.2k

2019

705

2020

2.5k

2021

348

2022

310

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.

Numerical AnalysisQ2

Statistics and ProbabilityQ2

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsStatistics & Probability

Scopus Categories

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyNumerical AnalysisStatistics and Probability

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Data Analysis with RStatistical Methods and InferenceStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceBayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsScientific Computing and Data ManagementData Mining Algorithms and Applicationsdemographic modeling and climate adaptationNeural Networks and ApplicationsGene expression and cancer classification

Frequently asked questions about R Journal

Is R Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for R Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of R Journal?

R Journal 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 0.90.

Is R Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

R Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.