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Applied System Innovation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2571-5577Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 29 / 680 | 95th | Q1 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | 58 / 425 | 86th | Q1 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 60 / 390 | 84th | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 92 / 519 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 112 / 570 | 80th | Q1 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 52 / 196 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 9.
Applied System Innovation is Q1 in Applied Mathematics (rank 29 of 680), Q1 in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (rank 58 of 425) and Q1 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 60 of 390), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Applied System Innovation 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 9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.796, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 44.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,689 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 System Innovation is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2571-5577.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Applied System Innovation has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 4.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #37 of 621 Scopus journals in Applied Mathematics.
Applied System Innovation published 202 papers in 2025. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (21.9%), Thailand (6%) and Mexico (6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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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