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Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 20.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 1319-1578Verify ISSN ↗2213-1248Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science (all) | 9 / 241 | 96th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 20.4.
Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences is Q1 in Computer Science (all) (rank 9 of 241), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences 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 20.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.434, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 97.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,990 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 King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1319-1578 and its online ISSN is 2213-1248.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences has an h-index of 118 and a 2-year mean of 4.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 20.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #43 of 219 Scopus journals in Computer Science (all).
Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences published 413 papers in 2025. 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 (2026), authors are most often from China (73.9%), Saudi Arabia (7.4%) and Malaysia (2.4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 6 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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