Science China Information Sciences

ISSN 1674-733x · Springer Nature · China · active 2009–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
7.6
SJR
1.247
h-index
104

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 25 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Science China Information Sciences is Q1 in Computer Science (miscellaneous) (#39 of 365 journals).

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Science China Information Sciences in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q1#39 of 365
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
5.97
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
381

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Science China Information Sciences is Q1 in Computer Science (miscellaneous) (2025 edition, #39 of 365 journals), with SJR 1.247 (Scimago) and an h-index of 104 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science.

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Responding time

Submission to acceptance
184 days (median)
Estimated from our library (25 papers)
Acceptance to publication
132 days (median)
Estimated from our library (25 papers)
Submission to publication
280 days (median)
Estimated from our library (25 papers)

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

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Access status:
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Scope

adaptivecontrolnonlinearengineeringadvancedmimooptimizationelectricalelectronicdistributedmulti-agentcomputer

Frequently asked

Is Science China Information Sciences a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Science China Information Sciences. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, which is a positive signal.

Is Science China Information Sciences indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Science China Information Sciences appears in: Scopus, Web of Science. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Science China Information Sciences?

Papers in Science China Information Sciences are cited about 7.6 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 104. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Science China Information Sciences (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Science China Information Sciences is Q1 in Computer Science (miscellaneous) (#39 of 365 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Science China Information Sciences is cited about 7.6 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 104.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Science China Information Sciences?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Science China Information Sciences. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Science China Information Sciences open access?

Our index records its access status as "subscription". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

How long does Science China Information Sciences take to publish a paper?

Submission to acceptance for Science China Information Sciences takes about 184 days (median) — Estimated from our library (n=25 papers). Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Science China Information Sciences.

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