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SIAM Journal on Optimization is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.4), formerly ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SCIE. Published by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications.
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ISSN 1052-6234Verify ISSN ↗1095-7189Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 128 / 680 | 81st | Q1 |
| Theoretical Computer Science | 44 / 135 | 67th | Q2 |
| Software | 219 / 503 | 56th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present (also 1991), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.4.
SIAM Journal on Optimization is Q1 in Applied Mathematics (rank 128 of 680), Q2 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 44 of 135) and Q2 in Software (rank 219 of 503), by CiteScore 2025.
SIAM Journal on Optimization 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.671, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 160.
SIAM Journal on Optimization is published by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications. Its print ISSN is 1052-6234 and its online ISSN is 1095-7189.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It was rated A* in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 3 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.
SIAM Journal on Optimization has an h-index of 190 and a 2-year mean of 2.96 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #99 of 621 Scopus journals in Applied Mathematics.
SIAM Journal on Optimization published 101 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 138. 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 (33.3%), China (11.4%) and France (5.1%).
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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