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Journal of Computational Social Science

Springer Nature · Singapore · Est. 2013

ISSN2432-2717eISSN2432-2725

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.599

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.103

Total Worksi

465

Total Citationsi

4,989

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods; Artificial Intelligence; Transportation.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 83 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications465

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2432-2717 / 2432-2725

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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

461

2019

1.6k

2020

821

2021

526

2022

332

2023

114

897

2024

324

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ2

TransportationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods

Scopus Categories

TransportationArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Misinformation and Its ImpactsOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceSocial Media and PoliticsComplex Network Analysis TechniquesSentiment Analysis and Opinion MiningHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionComputational and Text Analysis MethodsTopic ModelingSpam and Phishing DetectionPublic Relations and Crisis Communication

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Computational Social Science

Is Journal of Computational Social Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Computational Social Science: 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 Journal of Computational Social Science?

Journal of Computational Social 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 3.58.

Is Journal of Computational Social Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Computational Social Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Computational Social Science?