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Frontiers in Blockchain is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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ISSN 2624-7852Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 50 / 283 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 173 / 568 | 69th | Q2 |
| Computer Science (miscellaneous) | 64 / 179 | 64th | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 370 / 1022 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.1.
Frontiers in Blockchain is Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 50 of 283), Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 173 of 568) and Q2 in Computer Science (miscellaneous) (rank 64 of 179), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Frontiers in Blockchain 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 5.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.569, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 34.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,418 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.
Frontiers in Blockchain is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 2624-7852.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers in Blockchain has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 3.57 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 274 Scopus journals in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous).
Frontiers in Blockchain published 74 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 94 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (13.7%), China (10.1%) and United Kingdom (6.6%).
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 1 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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