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International Journal of Web Services Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), formerly ABDC C, WoS SCIE. Published by IGI Publishing.
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ISSN 1545-7362Verify ISSN ↗1546-5004Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: IGI Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 263 / 568 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 265 / 519 | 49th | Q3 |
| Software | 288 / 503 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
International Journal of Web Services Research is Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 263 of 568), Q3 in Information Systems (rank 265 of 519) and Q3 in Software (rank 288 of 503), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Web Services Research 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 53rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.307, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 30.
International Journal of Web Services Research is published by IGI Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1545-7362 and its online ISSN is 1546-5004.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It was rated C in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Web Services Research has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 5.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #75 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
International Journal of Web Services Research published 10 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 32. 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 64 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (72.7%), India (10.9%) and Australia (3.1%). 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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