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Journal of Difference Equations and Applications is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1023-6198Verify ISSN ↗1563-5120Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algebra and Number Theory | 34 / 137 | 75th | Q1 |
| Analysis | 92 / 210 | 56th | Q2 |
| Applied Mathematics | 377 / 680 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present (also 2000, 1995), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.9.
Journal of Difference Equations and Applications is Q1 in Algebra and Number Theory (rank 34 of 137), Q2 in Analysis (rank 92 of 210) and Q3 in Applied Mathematics (rank 377 of 680), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Difference Equations and Applications 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 1.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 75th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.376, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 54.
Journal of Difference Equations and Applications is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1023-6198 and its online ISSN is 1563-5120.
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 Difference Equations and Applications has an h-index of 64 and a 2-year mean of 1.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #17 of 129 Scopus journals in Algebra and Number Theory.
Journal of Difference Equations and Applications published 64 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 119. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (34.2%), United States (10.5%) and India (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (2.9 per 1,000 papers). 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.
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