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Theoretical Computer Science is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0304-3975Verify ISSN ↗1879-2294Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$2,880 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Computer Science | 76 / 135 | 44th | Q3 |
| Computer Science (all) | 144 / 241 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1975–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.5.
Theoretical Computer Science is Q3 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 76 of 135) and Q3 in Computer Science (all) (rank 144 of 241), by CiteScore 2025.
Theoretical Computer Science 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 44th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.440, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 139.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,880 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.
Theoretical Computer Science is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0304-3975 and its online ISSN is 1879-2294.
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.
Theoretical Computer Science has an h-index of 209 and a 2-year mean of 0.96 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #76 of 125 Scopus journals in Theoretical Computer Science.
Theoretical Computer Science published 415 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 516. 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 79 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (25.9%), India (9.6%) and United States (9.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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