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Swarm and Evolutionary Computation

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2011

ISSN2210-6502eISSN2210-6510

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 ↗

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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

1.751

H-Indexi

125

SNIPi

2.407

Total Worksi

2,138

Total Citationsi

87,526

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Swarm and Evolutionary Computation reports research and developments in nature-inspired intelligent computation, focusing on swarm and evolutionary algorithms. The journal covers mathematical optimization, evolutionary algorithms, optimization problems, algorithms, and benchmarks. It also publishes research in computational theory, mathematics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,138

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?

2210-6502 / 2210-6510

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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

143

8.8k

2019

147

8.9k

2020

141

2021

143

2022

180

5.4k

2023

312

5.7k

2024

437

2.4k

2025

246

163

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 Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Computer Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchAdvanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsEvolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationVehicle Routing Optimization MethodsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationAssembly Line Balancing OptimizationOptimal Experimental Design Methods

Frequently asked questions about Swarm and Evolutionary Computation

Is Swarm and Evolutionary Computation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Swarm and Evolutionary Computation: 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 Swarm and Evolutionary Computation?

Swarm and Evolutionary Computation 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 6.73.

Is Swarm and Evolutionary Computation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Swarm and Evolutionary Computation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.