Journal profile · Computer Science-Computer Science (miscellaneous)

International Journal of Cloud Computing

ISSN 2043-9989 · eISSN 2043-9997 · Inderscience Publishers

International Journal of Cloud Computing: subscription journal; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ3Computer Networks and Communications · rank 390/568 · 31st percentile
Review time—No reports yet
APC—No source gives fee information
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year542025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

International Journal of Cloud Computing is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Cloud Data Security Solutions and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, together about 48.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems and Computer Networks and Communications. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Auditing, monitoring, scheduling, resource registration/discovery Automatic reconfiguration, self healing/monitoring Autonomic, high-performance, utility, P2P computing Cloud architecture/modelling, services Consistency models, fault tolerance/reliability Data grid, semantic web, web services, hardware/software as a service Innovations in IP (esp. open source) systems IT service/relationship management, security, risk, trustworthiness, privacy Load balancing, optimal deployment configuration Mainframe/large systems integration, programming models Middleware frameworks, virtualisation Power-aware profiling, modelling, optimisation Scalable fault resilience techniques Scalable scheduling on heterogeneous architectures Service level agreements, integration, management More on this journal... ObjectivesThe objectives of IJCC are to develop, promote and coordinate the development and practice of cloud computing. IJCC aims to help professionals working in the field, academic educators and policy-makers to contribute, to disseminate knowledge, and to learn from each other's work. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy. IJCC is an outstanding outlet that can shape a significant body of research in the field of cloud computing and in which results can be shared across institutions, governments, researchers and students, and also industry. ReadershipIJCC provides a vehicle to help professionals, academics, researchers, graduate students, and managers, working in the field of cloud computing and its related areas such as virtual computing and grid computing, to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.ContentsIJCC publishes original and review papers, technical reports, and case studies. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions and proposals for special issues devoted to important topics in cloud computing are welcome.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Computer Science (miscellaneous)

Editor-in-chief Yi PanPublisher website

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Cloud Computing and Resource ManagementComputer Science25.4%
  2. Cloud Data Security SolutionsComputer Science13.8%
  3. Distributed and Parallel Computing SystemsComputer Science8.9%
  4. Energy Efficiency in ComputingComputer Science6.6%
  5. IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science6.2%
  6. Cryptography and Data SecurityComputer Science5.5%
  7. Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityComputer Science3.3%
  8. Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science2.9%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ3390/56831st
Computer Science ApplicationsQ4770/102224th
Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q4144/17919th
SoftwareQ4409/50318th

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

EI CompendexPublisher website

Other: J-Gate

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

CiteScore 2026-06
1.3LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher) 2025
1.3Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.16LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.18LetPub ·
h-index
19OpenAlex ·
i10-index
51OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.63OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 574 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202637180
2025543164
20244314225
2023671225
2022761185
2021713230

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

Peer review
Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
Inderscience Publishers
ISSN
2043-9989
Electronic ISSN
2043-9997
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Cloud Computing

Which databases index International Journal of Cloud Computing?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Cloud Computing is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex; that list has not been checked against each database.

Is International Journal of Cloud Computing open access, and what is the APC?

International Journal of Cloud Computing 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .