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Theory of Computing is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by University of Chicago, Department of Computer Science.
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ISSN 1557-2862Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Chicago, Department of Computer Science
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computational Theory and Mathematics | 139 / 203 | 31st | Q3 |
| Theoretical Computer Science | 107 / 135 | 21st | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005 (also 2014–present), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.5.
Theory of Computing is Q3 in Computational Theory and Mathematics (rank 139 of 203) and Q4 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 107 of 135), by CiteScore 2025.
Theory of Computing 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 1.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 31st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.348, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 25.
Theory of Computing is published by University of Chicago, Department of Computer Science. Its ISSN is 1557-2862.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Theory of Computing has an h-index of 50 and a 2-year mean of 5.88 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #17 of 178 Scopus journals in Computational Theory and Mathematics.
Theory of Computing published 16 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 25. 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 10 research articles (2021–2024), authors are most often from United States (62.5%), Israel (17.5%) and United Kingdom (10%). 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.
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