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Smart Learning Environments is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 33.4), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by SpringerOpen.
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ISSN 2196-7091Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SpringerOpen
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 3 / 1698 | 99th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 8 / 1022 | 99th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present (also 2014–2018), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 33.4.
Smart Learning Environments is Q1 in Education (rank 3 of 1698) and Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 8 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Smart Learning Environments is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 33.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 4.239, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 54.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,810 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.
Smart Learning Environments is published by SpringerOpen. Its ISSN is 2196-7091.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Smart Learning Environments has an h-index of 75 and a 2-year mean of 28.81 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 33.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
Smart Learning Environments published 72 papers in 2025. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (12.4%), United States (7.3%) and Hong Kong SAR China (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.
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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