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Journal of Heuristics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.3), ABS / AJG 3, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Netherlands.
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ISSN 1381-1231Verify ISSN ↗1572-9397Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Cost to publish: About US$3,190 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | 54 / 198 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 238 / 568 | 58th | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 236 / 519 | 54th | Q2 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 263 / 570 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 121 / 225 | 46th | Q3 |
| Software | 270 / 503 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1995–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.3.
Journal of Heuristics is Q2 in Control and Optimization (rank 54 of 198), Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 238 of 568) and Q2 in Information Systems (rank 236 of 519), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Journal of Heuristics 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 3.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.481, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 77.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,190 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 Heuristics is published by Springer Netherlands. Its print ISSN is 1381-1231 and its online ISSN is 1572-9397.
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 is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations Research and Management Science field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Heuristics has an h-index of 91 and a 2-year mean of 2.49 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #33 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
Journal of Heuristics published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 41. 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 100 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Brazil (13.8%), China (12.3%) and France (8.5%).
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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