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Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Verlag.
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ISSN 1615-147XVerify ISSN ↗1615-1488Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Cost to publish: About US$3,990 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | 13 / 198 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 20 / 131 | 84th | Q1 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 73 / 390 | 81st | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 206 / 1022 | 79th | Q1 |
| Software | 103 / 503 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.9.
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 13 of 198), Q1 in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (rank 20 of 131) and Q1 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 73 of 390), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Structural and Multidisciplinary 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 7.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.072, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 157.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,990 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.
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is published by Springer Verlag. Its print ISSN is 1615-147X and its online ISSN is 1615-1488.
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.
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization has an h-index of 176 and a 2-year mean of 4.53 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #14 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization published 274 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 352. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (34.2%), United States (18.4%) and Germany (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.4 per 1,000 papers). 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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