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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

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.695

H-Index

CiteScore

1.5

SNIP

1.387

Total Works

324

Total Citations

1,194

2yr Mean Citedness

0.82

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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

APC Cost$1,050Below median

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~8 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

11/12 · 92%

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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?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

$1,050

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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