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Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.6), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Science + Business Media.
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ISSN 2263-8733Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science + Business Media
Cost to publish: About US$3,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computational Theory and Mathematics | 36 / 203 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Computer Science (miscellaneous) | 48 / 179 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 71 / 245 | 71st | Q2 |
| Software | 152 / 503 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.6.
Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques is Q1 in Computational Theory and Mathematics (rank 36 of 203), Q2 in Computer Science (miscellaneous) (rank 48 of 179) and Q2 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 71 of 245), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 6.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.636, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 51.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 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 Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques is published by Springer Science + Business Media. Its ISSN is 2263-8733.
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 Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 2.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #61 of 178 Scopus journals in Computational Theory and Mathematics.
Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques published 45 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 50. 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 91 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (31%), Russia (8.5%) and United States (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (9.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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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