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Frontiers of Computer Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Higher Education Press Limited Company.
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ISSN 2095-2228Verify ISSN ↗2095-2236Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Higher Education Press Limited Company
Cost to publish: About US$2,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Computer Science | 11 / 135 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Computer Science (all) | 21 / 241 | 91st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.5.
Frontiers of Computer Science is Q1 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 11 of 135) and Q1 in Computer Science (all) (rank 21 of 241), by CiteScore 2025.
Frontiers of Computer Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 12.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.199, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 56.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,290 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 of Computer Science is published by Higher Education Press Limited Company. Its print ISSN is 2095-2228 and its online ISSN is 2095-2236.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Frontiers of Computer Science has an h-index of 60 and a 2-year mean of 14.12 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 125 Scopus journals in Theoretical Computer Science.
Frontiers of Computer Science published 131 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 152. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (85.5%), United States (3.5%) and Hong Kong SAR China (3.3%). 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. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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