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Examples and Counterexamples is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (miscellaneous) | 59 / 119 | 50th | Q2 |
| Computational Mathematics | 144 / 212 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Applied Mathematics | 461 / 680 | 32nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.3.
Examples and Counterexamples is Q2 in Mathematics (miscellaneous) (rank 59 of 119), Q3 in Computational Mathematics (rank 144 of 212) and Q3 in Applied Mathematics (rank 461 of 680), by CiteScore 2025.
Examples and Counterexamples 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 1.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 50th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.270, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 7.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$420 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.
Examples and Counterexamples is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2666-657X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Examples and Counterexamples has an h-index of 9 and a 2-year mean of 1.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 108 Scopus journals in Mathematics (miscellaneous).
Examples and Counterexamples published 41 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 93 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from India (15.7%), Germany (10.2%) and United States (8.3%).
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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