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International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), WoS ESCI. Published by IGI Publishing.
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ISSN 1947-3532Verify ISSN ↗1947-3540Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: IGI Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 268 / 568 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 129 / 245 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies is Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 268 of 568) and Q3 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 129 of 245), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 52nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.166, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 18.
International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies is published by IGI Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1947-3532 and its online ISSN is 1947-3540.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 1.95 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #208 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies published 5 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 72. 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 94 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (58.9%), India (21.6%) and Algeria (4.3%). 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. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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