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Journal of Cluster Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.6), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer New York.
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ISSN 1040-7278Verify ISSN ↗1572-8862Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer New York
Cost to publish: About US$3,990 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condensed Matter Physics | 74 / 446 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Chemistry (all) | 91 / 402 | 77th | Q1 |
| Biochemistry | 104 / 448 | 76th | Q1 |
| Materials Science (all) | 115 / 475 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1990–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.6.
Journal of Cluster Science is Q1 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 74 of 446), Q1 in Chemistry (all) (rank 91 of 402) and Q1 in Biochemistry (rank 104 of 448), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Cluster 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 7.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.552, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 74.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,990 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 Cluster Science is published by Springer New York. Its print ISSN is 1040-7278 and its online ISSN is 1572-8862.
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.
Journal of Cluster Science has an h-index of 79 and a 2-year mean of 4.58 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #74 of 425 Scopus journals in Condensed Matter Physics.
Journal of Cluster Science published 212 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 269. 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (19.5%), Saudi Arabia (11.5%) and China (9.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 94 retracted papers are recorded (26.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 23 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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