Journal profile · Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Connection Science
ISSN 0954-0091 · eISSN 1360-0494 · Taylor and Francis AS · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1989
Connection Science: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.98; JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,195; median 208 days to acceptance (73 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Connection Science is published by Taylor and Francis AS and is in Zone 3 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neural Networks and Applications, Neural dynamics and brain function and Language and cultural evolution, together about 30% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Please note, from 2022 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print. Connection Science is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to exploring the convergence of the analytic and synthetic sciences, including neuroscience, computational modelling, artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning. A strong focus is on the articles arising from connectionist, probabilistic, dynamical, or evolutionary approaches in aspects of Computer Science, applied applications, and systems-level computational subjects that seek to understand models in science and engineering. *Please note that Connection Science converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 34 (2022).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Editor-in-chief Tim C PearcePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 20%); most named United Kingdom 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1, Australia 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science16.8%
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience8%
- Language and cultural evolutionSocial Sciences5.1%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science4.8%
- Evolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsComputer Science4.7%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology4.5%
- Natural Language Processing TechniquesComputer Science4.3%
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the 2024 edition (paper mill); not listed in the other 5 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECPsycINFODBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, ACM Digital Library, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Crossref, British Library, EBSCO - Applied Science & Technology Source, EBSCO - Academic Search Complete, EBSCO - STM Source, E-LIB (University of Bremen), Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), Microsoft Academic, Naver Corporation, ProQuest - ProQuest Central, ProQuest - Research Library, ProQuest - SciTech Premium Collection, ProQuest - Technology Collection, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, WorldCat Local (OCLC), Zetoc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.98LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 11.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.71Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.04Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 545OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 251,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,150 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 19 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 137 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 435 |
| 2023 | 88 | 88 | 977 |
| 2022 | 108 | 108 | 1,488 |
| 2021 | 59 | 50 | 1,566 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
208 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 122 days – 312 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (73 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 212 days
- Sample
- 73 articles with submission and acceptance dates (72 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,195 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,270 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Open access journal; only publishes open access articles. Model summary
Connection Science is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
No longer published in print from 2022. Model summary
Please note, from 2022 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
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
- Taylor and Francis AS
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 0954-0091
- Electronic ISSN
- 1360-0494
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Connection Science
What CAS zone is Connection Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Connection Science is in Zone 3 of Computer Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence / Computer Science, Theory & Methods. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Connection Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.98; CiteScore 11.1, h-index 76.
How long does peer review take at Connection Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 73 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 208 days (interquartile range 122–312 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14%. 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 JCR quartile is Connection Science in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Computer Science.
Where are the editorial board members of Connection Science based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), Mainland China (1) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Connection Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Connection Science is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC, PsycINFO, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Connection Science open access, and what is the APC?
Connection Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,195.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .