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Natural Computing Series is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8). Published by Springer Verlag.
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ISSN 1619-7127Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Computer Science | 99 / 135 | 27th | Q3 |
| Software | 371 / 503 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2025–present (also 2020–2023, 2018, 2013–2016, 2011, 2008–2009, 2006), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Natural Computing Series is Q3 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 99 of 135) and Q3 in Software (rank 371 of 503), by CiteScore 2025.
Natural Computing Series 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 1.8, quartile Q3, 27th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Natural Computing Series is published by Springer Verlag. Its ISSN is 1619-7127.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Natural Computing Series has an h-index of 68 and a 2-year mean of 0.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #106 of 125 Scopus journals in Theoretical Computer Science.
Natural Computing Series published 23 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 89. 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.
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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