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Future Internet is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 1999-5903Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 65 / 568 | 88th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.
Future Internet is Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 65 of 568), by CiteScore 2025.
Future Internet 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 10, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.845, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 90.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,930 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.
Future Internet is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 1999-5903.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Future Internet has an h-index of 108 and a 2-year mean of 6.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
Future Internet published 598 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (12.9%), United States (6.2%) and India (5.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). 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.
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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