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Queueing Systems is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.1), formerly ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Netherlands.
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ISSN 0257-0130Verify ISSN ↗1572-9443Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Cost to publish: About US$3,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Probability | 160 / 303 | 47th | Q3 |
| Computational Theory and Mathematics | 117 / 203 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Computer Science Applications | 646 / 1022 | 36th | Q3 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 157 / 225 | 30th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1986–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.1.
Queueing Systems is Q3 in Statistics and Probability (rank 160 of 303), Q3 in Computational Theory and Mathematics (rank 117 of 203) and Q3 in Computer Science Applications (rank 646 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Queueing Systems 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 2.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 47th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.581, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 61.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,090 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.
Queueing Systems is published by Springer Netherlands. Its print ISSN is 0257-0130 and its online ISSN is 1572-9443.
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.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It was rated B in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations Research and Management Science field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Queueing Systems has an h-index of 91 and a 2-year mean of 1.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #136 of 294 Scopus journals in Statistics and Probability.
Queueing Systems published 32 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 148. 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 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (33.7%), France (11%) and Israel (8.7%).
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.
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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