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IEEE Systems Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14.1), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1932-8184Verify ISSN ↗1937-9234Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$2,645 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 50 / 1030 | 95th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 29 / 568 | 94th | Q1 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 22 / 390 | 94th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 70 / 1022 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 38 / 519 | 92nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.1.
IEEE Systems Journal is Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 50 of 1030), Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 29 of 568) and Q1 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 22 of 390), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
IEEE Systems Journal 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 14.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.258, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 124.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,645 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.
IEEE Systems Journal is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Its print ISSN is 1932-8184 and its online ISSN is 1937-9234.
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.
IEEE Systems Journal has an h-index of 142 and a 2-year mean of 4.36 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #138 of 744 Scopus journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
IEEE Systems Journal published 133 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 758. 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (66.2%), United States (7.5%) and Australia (5.6%). 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 (0.4 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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