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Symmetry is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.2), WoS SCIE. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2073-8994Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Cost to publish: About US$2,896 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (all) | 36 / 414 | 91st | Q1 |
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 18 / 88 | 80th | Q1 |
| Computer Science (miscellaneous) | 63 / 179 | 65th | Q2 |
| Chemistry (miscellaneous) | 66 / 137 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.2.
Symmetry is Q1 in Mathematics (all) (rank 36 of 414), Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 18 of 88) and Q2 in Computer Science (miscellaneous) (rank 63 of 179), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Symmetry 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 5.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.424, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 116.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,896 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.
Symmetry is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2073-8994.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal per Scopus.
Symmetry has an h-index of 125 and a 2-year mean of 2.46 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #40 of 392 Scopus journals in Mathematics (all).
Symmetry published 2,204 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 2,763. 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 (2026), authors are most often from China (39.3%), Türkiye (7.1%) and Mexico (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 24 retracted papers are recorded (1.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 10 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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