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Kybernetes

Kybernetes is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.7), ABS / AJG 1, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Emerald Publishing.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 0368-492XVerify ISSN ↗1758-7883Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Emerald Publishing

Scopus · Q1ABS / AJG 1WoS · SCIEONOS

7.7

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 12 of 286 · 95th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

1972–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

7.7

SJR · SCImago

0.654

Q1 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q1 · 95th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Social Sciences (all)	12 / 286	95th	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	37 / 744	95th	Q1
Communication	38 / 541	93rd	Q1
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	6 / 46	88th	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	29 / 235	87th	Q1
Library and Information Sciences	38 / 296	87th	Q1
Information Systems and Management	34 / 222	84th	Q1
Computer Science (all)	43 / 241	82nd	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (all)	44 / 235	81st	Q1
Computer Science (miscellaneous)	34 / 179	81st	Q1
Management Science and Operations Research	48 / 225	78th	Q1
Information Systems	116 / 519	77th	Q1
Management Information Systems	34 / 143	76th	Q1
Strategy and Management	122 / 506	75th	Q1
Decision Sciences (all)	13 / 43	70th	Q2
Human-Computer Interaction	63 / 196	68th	Q2

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Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)

Collections

SCIE

Quick answers

Is Kybernetes indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1972–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.7.

What quartile is Kybernetes in Scopus?

Kybernetes is Q1 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 12 of 286), Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 37 of 744) and Q1 in Communication (rank 38 of 541), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 16 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Kybernetes?

Kybernetes 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 7.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.654, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 65.

Who publishes Kybernetes and what is its ISSN?

Kybernetes is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0368-492X and its online ISSN is 1758-7883.

Is Kybernetes covered under ONOS in India?

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.

Is Kybernetes in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

What is the ABS / AJG rating of Kybernetes?

It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations Research and Management Science field, unchanged from 2021.

Is Kybernetes open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Kybernetes? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Kybernetes has an h-index of 110 and a 2-year mean of 4.91 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 268 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (all).

110

h-index

4.91

2-yr mean citations

1,767

i10-index

6,358

works indexed

106,205

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#10 of 268 Top 4% Social Sciences (all)

#20 of 703 Top 3% Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

#24 of 511 Top 5% Communication

Papers published per year

Kybernetes published 135 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 332. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Complex Systems and Decision MakingMulti-Criteria Decision MakingSustainable Supply Chain ManagementComputability, Logic, AI Algorithms

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.

Who publishes in Kybernetes? — latest 91 articles, 2025–2026

In its latest 91 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (24.9%), India (7.7%) and Slovenia (4.9%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Kybernetes? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (1.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers 8 · 1.3 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 · 0.2 per 1,000 papers — mostly hijacked 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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ ISSN Portal · 0368-492X ↗ISSN Portal · 1758-7883 ↗

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