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Journal of Physics: Complexity is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by IOP Publishing Ltd..
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ISSN 2632-072XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 217 / 568 | 61st | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 222 / 519 | 57th | Q2 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 251 / 570 | 56th | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 478 / 1022 | 53rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
Journal of Physics: Complexity is Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 217 of 568), Q2 in Information Systems (rank 222 of 519) and Q2 in Artificial Intelligence (rank 251 of 570), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Physics: Complexity 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 61st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.477, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 22.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,600 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 Physics: Complexity is published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Its ISSN is 2632-072X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Physics: Complexity has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 2.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #196 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
Journal of Physics: Complexity published 75 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 87. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (18.9%), China (13.1%) and United States (8.7%).
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 1 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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