Journal profile · Acoustics
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ACOUSTICS
ISSN 0218-396X · eISSN 1793-6489 · World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ACOUSTICS: fully open access; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 23 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ACOUSTICS is published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Underwater Acoustics Research, Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics, together about 38.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computational Mechanics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Acoustics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Underwater Acoustics ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences14.2%
- Acoustic Wave Phenomena ResearchEngineering14.1%
- Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational MathematicsEngineering9.8%
- Seismic Waves and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences8%
- Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave PropagationEngineering7.3%
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarth and Planetary Sciences6.6%
- Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet FlowsEngineering5.4%
- Electromagnetic Scattering and AnalysisPhysics and Astronomy4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | Q1 | 81/510 | 84th |
| Acoustics and Ultrasonics | Q1 | 11/43 | 75th |
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 363OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.74OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,226 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 503 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 609 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 793 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 736 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 726 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 766 |
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 6 monthsLetPub ·
- 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0218-396X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1793-6489
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ACOUSTICS
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ACOUSTICS?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; 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.
Is JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ACOUSTICS open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ACOUSTICS is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .