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International Journal of Human Computer Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.5), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 1071-5819Verify ISSN ↗1095-9300Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$3,510 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 64 / 1698 | 96th | Q1 |
| Engineering (all) | 25 / 351 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | 5 / 48 | 90th | Q1 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 24 / 245 | 90th | Q1 |
| Software | 62 / 503 | 87th | Q1 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 36 / 196 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1994–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.5.
International Journal of Human Computer Studies is Q1 in Education (rank 64 of 1698), Q1 in Engineering (all) (rank 25 of 351) and Q1 in Human Factors and Ergonomics (rank 5 of 48), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Human Computer Studies is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences 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 10.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.134, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 162.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,510 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 Human Computer Studies is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 1071-5819 and its online ISSN is 1095-9300.
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 and Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Information systems.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Information Management field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Human Computer Studies has an h-index of 193 and a 2-year mean of 5.66 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #79 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
International Journal of Human Computer Studies published 197 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 86 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (18%), United States (17%) and United Kingdom (9.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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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