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Journal of Complexity is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.4), formerly ABDC A, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Academic Press Inc..
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ISSN 0885-064XVerify ISSN ↗1090-2708Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$2,680 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algebra and Number Theory | 5 / 137 | 96th | Q1 |
| Mathematics (all) | 58 / 414 | 86th | Q1 |
| Control and Optimization | 50 / 198 | 75th | Q1 |
| Statistics and Probability | 84 / 303 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Applied Mathematics | 195 / 680 | 71st | Q2 |
| Numerical Analysis | 28 / 93 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.4.
Journal of Complexity is Q1 in Algebra and Number Theory (rank 5 of 137), Q1 in Mathematics (all) (rank 58 of 414) and Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 50 of 198), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Journal of Complexity 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 3.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.754, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,680 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 Complexity is published by Academic Press Inc. Its print ISSN is 0885-064X and its online ISSN is 1090-2708.
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.
It was rated A 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.
Journal of Complexity has an h-index of 84 and a 2-year mean of 1.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #16 of 129 Scopus journals in Algebra and Number Theory.
Journal of Complexity published 52 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 60. 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 81 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (20.2%), India (11.3%) and France (9.3%).
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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