Journal profile · MATHEMATICS
Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications
ISSN 2345-5853 · eISSN 2345-5861 · Shahid Beheshti University · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications: CAS Zone 3 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 15 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications is published by Shahid Beheshti University and is in Zone 3 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rings, Modules, and Algebras, Advanced Algebra and Logic and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology, together about 41.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computational Theory and Mathematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rings, Modules, and AlgebrasMathematics14.6%
- Advanced Algebra and LogicComputer Science14.1%
- Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic TopologyMathematics12.7%
- Algebraic structures and combinatorial modelsMathematics11.3%
- Advanced Topology and Set TheoryMathematics7.5%
- semigroups and automata theoryComputer Science7.5%
- Fuzzy and Soft Set TheoryDecision Sciences7.5%
- Advanced Topics in AlgebraMathematics7.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 84 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 49 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Shahid Beheshti University
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2345-5853
- Electronic ISSN
- 2345-5861
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications
What CAS zone is Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications is in Zone 3 of Mathematics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Mathematics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications open access, and what is the APC?
Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .