Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences
ISSN 0867-6356 · eISSN 2300-3405 · Sciendo · Poland
Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 9 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; review about 29 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences is published by Sciendo 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 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization, together about 24.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences (until 1990 Foundations of Control Engineering) is a quarterly peer-reviewed international journal published since 1975. One of its main aims is its focus on the links between Computing (understood in the sense defined in the report of the ACM Task Force on the Core of Computer Science chaired by Peter J. Denning: Computing as a Discipline, CACM, Vol. 32, No. 1, 1989) and broadly understood Decision Sciences. Scope of topics The journal provides a forum for exchange of ideas for researchers in the fields of computing and decision sciences. The scope of the journal covers various areas of computing and decision sciences, particularly: approximate reasoning, artificial intelligence, combinatorial optimization, computational complexity theory, databases and data warehouses, intelligent decision support, knowledge engineering, machine learning and data mining, metaheuristics, multiple criteria decision analysis, networking and distributed systems, parallel computing and concurrency, production and project scheduling, scheduling theory, soft and granular computing, software engineering.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Editor-in-chief Marcin RadomPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering8.9%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences8.4%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering7.3%
- Software Engineering ResearchComputer Science6.2%
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science4.7%
- Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesComputer Science4.4%
- Rough Sets and Fuzzy LogicComputer Science4.4%
- Advanced Database Systems and QueriesComputer Science4%
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)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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 35Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 498 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 36 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 141 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 187 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 154 |
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 29 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
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
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0867-6356
- Electronic ISSN
- 2300-3405
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences
What CAS zone is Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences 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 Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 24.
How long does peer review take at Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences?
Authors report an average review time of about 29 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 Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .