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Random Structures and Algorithms is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 1042-9832Verify ISSN ↗1098-2418Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,550 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (all) | 126 / 414 | 69th | Q2 |
| Applied Mathematics | 358 / 680 | 47th | Q3 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 73 / 131 | 44th | Q3 |
| Software | 346 / 503 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1990–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Random Structures and Algorithms is Q2 in Mathematics (all) (rank 126 of 414), Q3 in Applied Mathematics (rank 358 of 680) and Q3 in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (rank 73 of 131), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Random Structures and Algorithms 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, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.938, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 76.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,550 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.
Random Structures and Algorithms is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1042-9832 and its online ISSN is 1098-2418.
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.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Random Structures and Algorithms has an h-index of 100 and a 2-year mean of 0.75 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #183 of 392 Scopus journals in Mathematics (all).
Random Structures and Algorithms published 69 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 95. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (36.6%), United Kingdom (10.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%).
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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