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South African Computer Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), DOAJ. Published by South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists.
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Publisher: South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 754 / 1698 | 55th | Q2 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 292 / 568 | 48th | Q3 |
| Information Systems | 282 / 519 | 45th | Q3 |
| Computer Science Applications | 592 / 1022 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 130 / 196 | 33rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
South African Computer Journal is Q2 in Education (rank 754 of 1698), Q3 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 292 of 568) and Q3 in Information Systems (rank 282 of 519), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
South African Computer Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2, 55th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.200, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$325 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.
South African Computer Journal is published by South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists. Its print ISSN is 1015-7999 and its online ISSN is 2313-7835.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
South African Computer Journal has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 0.59 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,131 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
South African Computer Journal published 17 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 36. 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 77 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (79%), Ukraine (3.9%) and Bangladesh (2.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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