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Journal of Number Theory is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.4), 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 0022-314XVerify ISSN ↗1096-1658Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,550 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algebra and Number Theory | 56 / 137 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1969–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.4.
Journal of Number Theory is Q2 in Algebra and Number Theory (rank 56 of 137), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Number Theory 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 1.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.683, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 55.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 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 Number Theory is published by Academic Press Inc. Its print ISSN is 0022-314X and its online ISSN is 1096-1658.
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 Number Theory has an h-index of 83 and a 2-year mean of 0.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #81 of 129 Scopus journals in Algebra and Number Theory.
Journal of Number Theory published 241 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 329. 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 77 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (25.3%), United States (18.8%) and Japan (8.2%).
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.
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