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Foundations and Trends in Theoretical Computer Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.5), WoS ESCI. Published by Now Publishers Inc.
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ISSN 1551-305XVerify ISSN ↗1551-3068Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Computer Science | 53 / 135 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–2025 (also 2022, 2019–2020, 2009–2017, 2005–2007), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.5.
Foundations and Trends in Theoretical Computer Science is Q2 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 53 of 135), by CiteScore 2025.
Foundations and Trends in Theoretical Computer Science 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 3.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 61st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.633, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 31.
Foundations and Trends in Theoretical Computer Science is published by Now Publishers Inc. Its print ISSN is 1551-305X and its online ISSN is 1551-3068.
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 Theoretical Computer Science has an h-index of 28 and a 2-year mean of 2.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #37 of 125 Scopus journals in Theoretical Computer Science.
Foundations and Trends in Theoretical Computer Science published 2 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 4. 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.
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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