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Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 9.2), DOAJ. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 1658-8185Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (all) | 6 / 414 | 98th | Q1 |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 14 / 235 | 94th | Q1 |
| Geology | 20 / 333 | 94th | Q1 |
| Microbiology | 33 / 194 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Chemistry (all) | 69 / 402 | 82nd | Q1 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 9.2.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences is Q1 in Mathematics (all) (rank 6 of 414), Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 14 of 235) and Q1 in Geology (rank 20 of 333), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.2, quartile Q1, 98th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.626, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 21.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences is published by Springer Nature. Its ISSN is 1658-8185.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences has an h-index of 28 and a 2-year mean of 7.44 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #8 of 392 Scopus journals in Mathematics (all).
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences published 91 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 101. 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 Egypt (16.9%), Saudi Arabia (13.6%) and Indonesia (12.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3 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.
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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