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Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14.2), WoS ESCI. Published by Now Publishers Inc.
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Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 11 / 680 | 98th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 28 / 568 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–2025, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.2.
Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory is Q1 in Applied Mathematics (rank 11 of 680) and Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 28 of 568), by CiteScore 2025.
Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory 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 14.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.791, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 33.
Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory is published by Now Publishers Inc. Its print ISSN is 1567-2190 and its online ISSN is 1567-2328.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 3.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #73 of 621 Scopus journals in Applied Mathematics.
Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory published 5 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 6. 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 22 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (23.9%), China (15.2%) and Germany (12.9%).
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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