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PeerJ Computer Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by PeerJ Inc..
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ISSN 2376-5992Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: PeerJ Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science (all) | 68 / 241 | 71st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.1.
PeerJ Computer Science is Q2 in Computer Science (all) (rank 68 of 241), by CiteScore 2025.
PeerJ Computer Science 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 6.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.618, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 72.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,395 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.
PeerJ Computer Science is published by PeerJ Inc. Its ISSN is 2376-5992.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
PeerJ Computer Science has an h-index of 87 and a 2-year mean of 4.64 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 219 Scopus journals in Computer Science (all).
PeerJ Computer Science published 785 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 821. 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 81 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (30.6%), Saudi Arabia (13.2%) and Pakistan (10.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 10 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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