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Applied Network Science

Springer Nature · Switzerland · Est. 2016

ISSN2364-8228eISSN2364-8228

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.481

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.848

Total Worksi

782

Total Citationsi

9,047

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Theory & Methods; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Computational Mathematics; Computer Networks and Communications; Multidisciplinary.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications782

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-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

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2364-8228 / 2364-8228

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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?

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

131

2.6k

2019

1.9k

2020

1.1k

2021

805

2022

516

2023

307

2024

112

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.

Computational MathematicsQ2

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ2

MultidisciplinaryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Theory & MethodsMultidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and CommunicationsMultidisciplinaryComputational Mathematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complex Network Analysis TechniquesOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceAdvanced Graph Neural NetworksBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksHuman Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisComplex Systems and Time Series AnalysisMental Health Research TopicsSocial Media and PoliticsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesData Visualization and Analytics

Frequently asked questions about Applied Network Science

Is Applied Network Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Network Science: 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 Applied Network Science?

Applied Network Science 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 1.58.

Is Applied Network Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Network Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Applied Network Science?