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Applied Network Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 2364-8228Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary | 53 / 223 | 76th | Q1 |
| Computational Mathematics | 74 / 212 | 65th | Q2 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 230 / 568 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.4.
Applied Network Science is Q1 in Multidisciplinary (rank 53 of 223), Q2 in Computational Mathematics (rank 74 of 212) and Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 230 of 568), by CiteScore 2025.
Applied Network Science is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.481, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,690 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Applied Network Science is published by Springer Nature. Its ISSN is 2364-8228.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Applied Network Science has an h-index of 42 and a 2-year mean of 2.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #53 of 208 Scopus journals in Multidisciplinary.
Applied Network Science published 77 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 131. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (25%), United Kingdom (7.8%) and Italy (7.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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