Journal profile · Engineering, Industrial
Issues in Science and Technology
ISSN 0748-5492 · University of Texas at Dallas · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1984
Issues in Science and Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.88; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 120 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Issues in Science and Technology is published by University of Texas at Dallas and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Research, Science, and Academia, Science, Research, and Medicine and Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration, together about 26.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Over four decades, Issues has hosted many articles discussing science’s “social contract”—the idea, as physicist Harvey Brooks articulated it in 1988, that the scientific enterprise would provide “social benefits in exchange for an unusual degree of self-governance and financial support free of strings.” Today, this contract is clearly defunct: The federal government has cut funding for science, cast doubt on scientific findings, and prioritized investment in research outside the university system. Whatever the future of federally funded science is, it’s no longer “free of strings.” As the scientific enterprise tries to decide how to respond, it first needs to figure out what happened. This collection is part of an exploration of science’s social contract that is generously supported by The Kavli Foundation, Rita Allen Foundation, and Dana Foundation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Industrial
Editor-in-chief Jason LloydPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Research, Science, and AcademiaDecision Sciences9.9%
- Science, Research, and MedicineMedicine8.5%
- Interdisciplinary Research and CollaborationDecision Sciences7.9%
- Global Energy and Sustainability ResearchEnergy7.3%
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial Sciences5.3%
- Climate Change Communication and PerceptionSocial Sciences5.3%
- Biomedical and Engineering EducationEngineering4.4%
- International Science and DiplomacySocial Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.88LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 577 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 120 | 0 | 43 |
| 2024 | 74 | 5 | 66 |
| 2023 | 108 | 65 | 323 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Texas at Dallas
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1984
- ISSN
- 0748-5492
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Issues in Science and Technology
What CAS zone is Issues in Science and Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Issues in Science and Technology is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Industrial / Engineering, Multidisciplinary / Multidisciplinary Sciences / Social Issues. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Issues in Science and Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.88; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Issues in Science and Technology?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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 Issues in Science and Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Issues in Science and Technology is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Issues in Science and Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Issues in Science and Technology 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: .