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International Journal of Mobile Communications is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.3), WoS SSCI. Published by Inderscience Publishers.
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ISSN 1470-949XVerify ISSN ↗1741-5217Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 944 / 1030 | 8th | Q4 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 523 / 568 | 8th | Q4 |
| Computer Science Applications | 970 / 1022 | 5th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–2019 (also 2023–present), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.3.
International Journal of Mobile Communications is Q4 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 944 of 1030), Q4 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 523 of 568) and Q4 in Computer Science Applications (rank 970 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Mobile Communications is indexed in the 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 0.3, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 8th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.120, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 52.
International Journal of Mobile Communications is published by Inderscience Publishers. Its print ISSN is 1470-949X and its online ISSN is 1741-5217.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Mobile Communications has an h-index of 59 and a 2-year mean of 0.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #601 of 744 Scopus journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
International Journal of Mobile Communications published 62 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 95. 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 48 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Taiwan (28.1%), China (23.6%) and India (16.7%).
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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