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Iranian Journal of Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 2731-8095Verify ISSN ↗2731-8109Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$3,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (all) | 124 / 414 | 70th | Q2 |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 103 / 235 | 56th | Q2 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) | 112 / 201 | 44th | Q3 |
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 150 / 248 | 39th | Q3 |
| Chemistry (all) | 265 / 402 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Iranian Journal of Science is Q2 in Mathematics (all) (rank 124 of 414), Q2 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 103 of 235) and Q3 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) (rank 112 of 201), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Iranian Journal of Science 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, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.287, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 13.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,090 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.
Iranian Journal of Science is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2731-8095 and its online ISSN is 2731-8109.
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.
Iranian Journal of Science has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 1.83 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 392 Scopus journals in Mathematics (all).
Iranian Journal of Science published 175 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 200. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Iran (29%), India (28%) and China (7.7%).
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.
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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