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Computational Optimization and Applications is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4), formerly ABDC B, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Netherlands.
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ISSN 0926-6003Verify ISSN ↗1573-2894Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Cost to publish: About US$3,190 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | 40 / 198 | 80th | Q1 |
| Applied Mathematics | 155 / 680 | 77th | Q1 |
| Computational Mathematics | 60 / 212 | 71st | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.
Computational Optimization and Applications is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 40 of 198), Q1 in Applied Mathematics (rank 155 of 680) and Q2 in Computational Mathematics (rank 60 of 212), by CiteScore 2025.
Computational Optimization and Applications is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.102, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 97.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,190 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.
Computational Optimization and Applications is published by Springer Netherlands. Its print ISSN is 0926-6003 and its online ISSN is 1573-2894.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It was rated B in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations Research and Management Science field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Computational Optimization and Applications has an h-index of 110 and a 2-year mean of 2.35 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #36 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
Computational Optimization and Applications published 116 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 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (24.8%), United States (16.5%) and Italy (12.8%).
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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