Journal profile · Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Evolutionary Computation
ISSN 1063-6560 · eISSN 1530-9304 · MIT Press Journals · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1993
Evolutionary Computation: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.21; subscription journal; median 308 days to acceptance (19 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Evolutionary Computation is published by MIT Press Journals 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 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research, Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms, together about 67% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Evolutionary Computation is a leading journal in its field. It provides an international forum for facilitating and enhancing the exchange of information among researchers involved in both the theoretical and practical aspects of computational systems drawing their inspiration from nature, with particular emphasis on evolutionary models of computation such as genetic algorithms, evolutionary strategies, classifier systems, evolutionary programming, and genetic programming. It welcomes articles from related fields such as swarm intelligence (e.g. Ant Colony Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization), and other nature-inspired computation paradigms (e.g. Artificial Immune Systems). As well as publishing articles describing theoretical and/or experimental work, the journal also welcomes application-focused papers describing breakthrough results in an application domain or methodological papers where the specificities of the real-world problem led to significant algorithmic improvements that could possibly be generalized to other areas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Editor-in-chief Thomas BäckPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science26.3%
- Evolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsComputer Science25.2%
- Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsComputer Science15.5%
- Evolution and Genetic DynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.2%
- Reinforcement Learning in RoboticsComputer Science2.2%
- Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationSocial Sciences2.2%
- Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science1.9%
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 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 3 |
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
- 3.21LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 563OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,048 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 24 | 8 | 56 |
| 2024 | 19 | 11 | 108 |
| 2023 | 25 | 12 | 324 |
| 2022 | 13 | 10 | 97 |
| 2021 | 15 | 11 | 261 |
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 PubMed · to
308 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 256 days – 439 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 138 days (1 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 602 days
- Sample
- 19 articles with submission and acceptance dates (59 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)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Open access Open Access Articles
Theoretical Analyses of Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms on Multimodal Objectives * Dynastic Potential Crossover Operator A Tandem Evolutionary Algorithm for Identifying Causal Rules from Complex Data Deterministic Agent-Based Path Optimization by Mimicking the Spreading of Ripples
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
- MIT Press Journals
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1993
- ISSN
- 1063-6560
- Electronic ISSN
- 1530-9304
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Evolutionary Computation
What CAS zone is Evolutionary Computation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Evolutionary Computation 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 Evolutionary Computation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.21; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 123.
How long does peer review take at Evolutionary Computation?
Based on the dates recorded on 19 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 308 days (interquartile range 256–439 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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.
Which databases index Evolutionary Computation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Evolutionary Computation is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Evolutionary Computation open access, and what is the APC?
Evolutionary Computation is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .