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Special Matrices

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Poland · Est. 2013

ISSN2300-7451eISSN2300-7451

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 1.5. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.573

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.5

SNIPi

1.387

Total Worksi

324

Total Citationsi

1,194

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Special Matrices publishes original articles of wide significance and originality in all areas of research involving structured matrices present in various branches of pure and applied mathematics and their noteworthy applications in physics, engineering, and other sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Frequencycontinuous publication model

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications324

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2300-7451 / 2300-7451

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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

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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

103

2019

2020

137

2021

2022

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.

Algebra and Number TheoryQ2

Geometry and TopologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics

Scopus Categories

Algebra and Number TheoryGeometry and Topology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Matrix Theory and AlgorithmsGraph theory and applicationsgraph theory and CDMA systemsAdvanced Topics in AlgebraAdvanced Mathematical Theories and ApplicationsAdvanced Combinatorial MathematicsAdvanced Graph Theory ResearchMathematics and ApplicationsFinite Group Theory ResearchGraph Labeling and Dimension Problems

Frequently asked questions about Special Matrices

Is Special Matrices a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Special Matrices: 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 Special Matrices?

Special Matrices 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5.

Is Special Matrices indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Special Matrices is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.