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Foundations and Trends in Programming Languages is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.3), WoS ESCI. Published by Now Publishers Inc.
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Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science Applications | 957 / 1022 | 6th | Q4 |
| Software | 488 / 503 | 2nd | Q4 |
| Theoretical Computer Science | 132 / 135 | 2nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–2025, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.3.
Foundations and Trends in Programming Languages is Q4 in Computer Science Applications (rank 957 of 1022), Q4 in Software (rank 488 of 503) and Q4 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 132 of 135), by CiteScore 2025.
Foundations and Trends in Programming Languages 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 0.3, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 6th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.111, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 13.
Foundations and Trends in Programming Languages is published by Now Publishers Inc. Its print ISSN is 2325-1107 and its online ISSN is 2325-1131.
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 Programming Languages has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 1.29 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #545 of 818 Scopus journals in Computer Science Applications.
Foundations and Trends in Programming Languages published 4 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 11 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (70%), Italy (9.1%) and Spain (7.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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