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Journal of Cloud Computing is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Springer Science + Business Media.
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ISSN 2192-113XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science + Business Media
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 23 / 568 | 96th | Q1 |
| Software | 30 / 503 | 94th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.7.
Journal of Cloud Computing is Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 23 of 568) and Q1 in Software (rank 30 of 503), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Cloud Computing 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 14.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.101, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 58.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,790 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.
Journal of Cloud Computing is published by Springer Science + Business Media. Its ISSN is 2192-113X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Cloud Computing has an h-index of 73 and a 2-year mean of 9.35 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #11 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
Journal of Cloud Computing published 99 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 181. 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (32.8%), India (18.2%) and Saudi Arabia (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 4 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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