Journal profile · Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
AI Communications
ISSN 0921-7126 · eISSN 3050-4546 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly · Founded 1988
AI Communications: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.15; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 3 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AI Communications is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are AI-based Problem Solving and Planning, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge and Semantic Web and Ontologies, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The European Journal on Artificial Intelligence is a journal on Artificial Intelligence (AI) which has a close relationship to ECCAI (the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence). It covers the whole AI community: scientific institutions as well as commercial and industrial companies. View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- AI-based Problem Solving and PlanningComputer Science12.6%
- Logic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeComputer Science11.7%
- Semantic Web and OntologiesComputer Science10%
- Multi-Agent Systems and NegotiationComputer Science8.5%
- Constraint Satisfaction and OptimizationComputer Science6.9%
- Logic, programming, and type systemsComputer Science5.6%
- Formal Methods in VerificationComputer Science5.1%
- Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.15LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 289OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,112 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21 | 5 | 76 |
| 2023 | 40 | 13 | 134 |
| 2022 | 32 | 14 | 256 |
| 2021 | 16 | 2 | 313 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- LaTeX
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- conference paperThe European Journal on Artificial Intelligence publishes three kinds of papers: Technical Research papers Survey papers Tutorial papers All submissions should …Length not stated
- letterThe European Journal on Artificial Intelligence publishes three kinds of papers: Technical Research papers Survey papers Tutorial papers All submissions should …Length not stated
- research paperThe European Journal on Artificial Intelligence publishes three kinds of papers: Technical Research papers Survey papers Tutorial papers All submissions should …Length not stated
- reviewThe European Journal on Artificial Intelligence publishes three kinds of papers: Technical Research papers Survey papers Tutorial papers All submissions should …Length not stated
- surveyThe European Journal on Artificial Intelligence publishes three kinds of papers: Technical Research papers Survey papers Tutorial papers All submissions should …Length not stated
- tutorialThe European Journal on Artificial Intelligence publishes three kinds of papers: Technical Research papers Survey papers Tutorial papers All submissions should …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, fees will be determined and applied at production stage. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single- anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk reje…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment. However, consistent with the AllTrials campaign, retrospectively registered trials will be considered if the justification for late registration is acceptable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1988
- ISSN
- 0921-7126
- Print ISSN
- 3050-4554
- Electronic ISSN
- 3050-4546
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AI Communications
What CAS zone is AI Communications in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AI Communications is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AI Communications?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.15; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at AI Communications?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of AI Communications?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: LaTeX; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index AI Communications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AI Communications is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is AI Communications open access, and what is the APC?
AI Communications is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .