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Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6), WoS ESCI. Published by Education and Upbringing Publishing.
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ISSN 1561-4085Verify ISSN ↗1817-2458Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Education and Upbringing Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematical Physics | 78 / 90 | 13th | Q4 |
| Statistical and Nonlinear Physics | 57 / 63 | 10th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.
Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems is Q4 in Mathematical Physics (rank 78 of 90) and Q4 in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (rank 57 of 63), by CiteScore 2025.
Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems 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 0.6, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 13th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.179, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 14.
Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems is published by Education and Upbringing Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1561-4085 and its online ISSN is 1817-2458.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0.02 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #80 of 88 Scopus journals in Mathematical Physics.
Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems published 43 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 56. 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 (2021–2026), authors are most often from Belarus (63.5%), Russia (18%) and India (3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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 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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