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Digital Investigation
Digital Investigation is not currently indexed in Scopus. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 1742-2876Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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Cost to publish: About US$2,750 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
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Quick answers
Is Digital Investigation indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2004–2019).
What is the impact factor of Digital Investigation?
Digital Investigation has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
How much does it cost to publish in Digital Investigation?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,750 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Digital Investigation and what is its ISSN?
Digital Investigation is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 1742-2876.
Is Digital Investigation covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Digital Investigation in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Digital Investigation open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Digital Investigation for 16 years, between 2004 and 2019. Coverage ended in 2019, 7 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,015 works and 30,385 citations for the title. OpenAlex attributes papers to this title as late as 2025, 6 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2019. That may reflect a changed ISSN or merged records rather than continued publishing, so confirm the journal's current status directly before submitting.
How well cited is Digital Investigation? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Digital Investigation has an h-index of 85 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
85
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
602
i10-index
1,015
works indexed
30,385
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,750
Digital Investigation published 2 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 105. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Digital Investigation? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2019. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2019
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 · 1 per 1,000 papers — mostly suspect text and tortured phrases
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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