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Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2005

ISSN2352-7110eISSN2352-7110

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total52

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

0.483

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.095

Total Works

2,214

Total Citations

49,862

2yr Mean Citedness

1.85

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes software tools and frameworks for scientific research and engineering applications. The tools facilitate data analysis, simulation, modeling, and visualization across various domains. Many publications focus on open-source Python packages and web-based applications designed to lower barriers to entry for complex computational tasks.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 389 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,214

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~9 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

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

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10/12 · 83%

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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?

2352-7110 / 2352-7110

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ3

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Scientific Computing and Data ManagementComputational Physics and Python ApplicationsParallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesDistributed and Parallel Computing SystemsAnomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsSoftware Engineering ResearchComplex Network Analysis TechniquesMachine Learning in Materials ScienceNeural Networks and ApplicationsCell Image Analysis Techniques