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Complex and Intelligent Systems

Springer International Publishing AG · Switzerland · Est. 2015

ISSN2199-4536eISSN2198-6053

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.085

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.871

Total Worksi

2,241

Total Citationsi

41,360

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Complex & Intelligent Systems is an open access journal that focuses on the cross-fertilization of complex systems, computational simulation, and intelligent analytics and visualization. Presents works on complex systems, computational simulation, and intelligent analytics. Covers topics such as self-organizing collective systems, pattern recognition, and more. Provides a platform for transdisciplinary research that addresses profound societal problems.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,241

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2199-4536 / 2198-6053

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico, 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

2.6k

2019

4.1k

2020

370

15k

2021

346

8.8k

2022

346

5.6k

2023

412

3.8k

2024

468

2025

246

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ1

Computational MathematicsQ1

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Information SystemsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsEngineering (miscellaneous)Artificial IntelligenceComputational Mathematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multi-Criteria Decision MakingMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchAdvanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsAdvanced Neural Network ApplicationsOptimization and Mathematical ProgrammingTopic ModelingEvolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsAnomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsAdvanced Graph Neural NetworksVideo Surveillance and Tracking Methods

Frequently asked questions about Complex and Intelligent Systems

Is Complex and Intelligent Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Complex and Intelligent Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Complex and Intelligent Systems?

Complex and Intelligent Systems 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 4.10.

Is Complex and Intelligent Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Complex and Intelligent Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.