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International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1874-5482Verify ISSN ↗2212-2087Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$2,490 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modeling and Simulation | 13 / 397 | 96th | Q1 |
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 14 / 282 | 95th | Q1 |
| Information Systems and Management | 22 / 222 | 90th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 107 / 1022 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.9.
International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection is Q1 in Modeling and Simulation (rank 13 of 397), Q1 in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (rank 14 of 282) and Q1 in Information Systems and Management (rank 22 of 222), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection 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 11.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.042, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 56.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,490 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.
International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1874-5482 and its online ISSN is 2212-2087.
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.
International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection has an h-index of 60 and a 2-year mean of 5.06 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #22 of 323 Scopus journals in Modeling and Simulation.
International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection published 58 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 90 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (15%), United States (8.6%) and Spain (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.4 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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