Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology
ISSN 1748-3018 · eISSN 1748-3026 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; review about 15 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 12.3% (journal website); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology is published by SAGE Publishing 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 Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics, Face and Expression Recognition and Image and Signal Denoising Methods, together about 19.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal Highlights Indexed using Clarivate Analytics: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), SCOPUS, EBSCO and ProQuestPublication is subje...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Editorial board by country: 12 in mainland China (about 26%); most named Mainland China 12, United Kingdom 8, India 7, United States 3, France 3 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational MathematicsEngineering6.6%
- Face and Expression RecognitionComputer Science6.3%
- Image and Signal Denoising MethodsComputer Science6.3%
- Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesComputer Science5.7%
- Fractional Differential Equations SolutionsMathematics5.5%
- Distributed and Parallel Computing SystemsComputer Science5.1%
- Numerical methods for differential equationsMathematics4.7%
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science4.4%
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, Interdisciplinary Applications | 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, Interdisciplinary Applications | 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)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 115OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 594 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 44 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 109 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 163 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 134 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 2,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- brief communicationView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
- editorialView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
- letter to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
- letters to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
- opinionView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
- original research articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …main text ≤ 10,000 words
- original research articlesOriginal Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of the paper is to be preceded by an abstract of less than 150 wo…Length not stated
- perspectiveView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
- reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
- short communicationView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
- viewpointView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Articles: Manuscripts should not normally exceed 10,000 words. The main body of …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Online-only journal Model summary
Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1748-3018
- Electronic ISSN
- 1748-3026
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology
What CAS zone is Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications. 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 Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 28.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12.3%. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 12 (about 26%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (12), United Kingdom (8) and India (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .