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Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University.
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ISSN 2538-2128Verify ISSN ↗2538-2136Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics | 21 / 99 | 79th | Q1 |
| Control and Optimization | 76 / 198 | 61st | 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 2.5.
Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization is Q1 in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics (rank 21 of 99) and Q2 in Control and Optimization (rank 76 of 198), by CiteScore 2025.
Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.627, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 15.
Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization is published by Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University. Its print ISSN is 2538-2128 and its online ISSN is 2538-2136.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization has an h-index of 3 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #80 of 92 Scopus journals in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.
Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization published 13 papers in 2022; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 34. 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 40 research articles (2021–2022), authors are most often from India (37.5%), Iran (27.5%) and United States (10%).
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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