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Blockchain: Research and Applications

Zhejiang University · China · Est. 2020

ISSN2096-7209eISSN2096-7209

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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📊 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

1.302

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.192

Total Worksi

380

Total Citationsi

5,161

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Information Systems; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Computer Networks and Communications; Computer Science Applications; Information Systems.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

Annual Volume~ 85 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications380

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

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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?

Zhejiang University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2096-7209 / 2096-7209

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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

2020

1.8k

2021

1.8k

2022

2023

724

2024

160

395

2025

102

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.

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Information SystemsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Science Applications

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingCryptography and Data SecurityPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataCloud Data Security SolutionsFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesDistributed systems and fault toleranceCaching and Content DeliveryCloud Computing and Resource Management

Frequently asked questions about Blockchain: Research and Applications

Is Blockchain: Research and Applications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Blockchain: Research and Applications: 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 Blockchain: Research and Applications?

Blockchain: Research and Applications 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 3.11.

Is Blockchain: Research and Applications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Blockchain: Research and Applications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Blockchain: Research and Applications?