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IEEE Distributed Systems Online
IEEE Distributed Systems Online is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
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ISSN 1541-4922Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is IEEE Distributed Systems Online indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2000–2008).
What is the impact factor of IEEE Distributed Systems Online?
IEEE Distributed Systems Online has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes IEEE Distributed Systems Online and what is its ISSN?
IEEE Distributed Systems Online is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Its ISSN is 1541-4922.
Is IEEE Distributed Systems Online in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is IEEE Distributed Systems Online open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed IEEE Distributed Systems Online for 9 years, between 2000 and 2008. Coverage ended in 2008, 18 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 571 works and 3,949 citations for the title. OpenAlex attributes papers to this title as late as 2023, 15 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2008. That may reflect a changed ISSN or merged records rather than continued publishing, so confirm the journal's current status directly before submitting.
How well cited is IEEE Distributed Systems Online? — open metrics via OpenAlex
IEEE Distributed Systems Online has an h-index of 30 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
IEEE Distributed Systems Online published 1 papers in 2023; its busiest recent year was 2003 with 96. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for IEEE Distributed Systems Online? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2008. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2008
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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