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Logistics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2305-6290Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Systems and Management | 33 / 222 | 85th | Q1 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 44 / 225 | 80th | Q1 |
| Management Information Systems | 33 / 143 | 77th | Q1 |
| Transportation | 40 / 169 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.1.
Logistics is Q1 in Information Systems and Management (rank 33 of 222), Q1 in Management Science and Operations Research (rank 44 of 225) and Q1 in Management Information Systems (rank 33 of 143), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Logistics 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 8.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.774, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 39.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,689 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.
Logistics is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2305-6290.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Logistics has an h-index of 54 and a 2-year mean of 5.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #27 of 156 Scopus journals in Information Systems and Management.
Logistics published 185 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (6.6%), Slovakia (6.1%) and Morocco (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (2.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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