JOURNAL OF DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS AND APPLICATIONS

JOURNAL OF DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS AND APPLICATIONS is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis and Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, together about 37.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Difference Equations and Applications is a world-leading, subscription-based, peer-reviewed Journal publishing state-of-the-art papers which significantly contribute to the theory and applications of difference equations or discrete dynamical systems. Articles using techniques from both difference equations and discrete dynamical systems or contributing to the interplay between these two areas are especially welcome. Continuous models that play a role in the applications and theory of difference equations or discrete dynamical systems are also welcome. The Journal is of interest to mathematicians publishing papers in two broad areas: Pure mathematics and theory of difference equations or discrete dynamical systems. Applications and techniques utilising difference equations or discrete dynamical systems. Specific topics of interest to the journal include but are not limited to: boundary value problems, chaos theory, combinatorics, complex dynamics, difference-differential equations, dynamic equations on time-scale, epidemic models, ergodic theory, iteration theory, mathematical biology, mathematical economics, numerical analysis, q-difference equations, random dynamical systems, stability theory, symmetries and integrable systems, special functions and orthogonal polynomials, topological and combinatorial dynamics, and Control Theory. Articles that deal with the applications of difference equations or discrete dynamical systems to any scientific discipline, including but not limited to, various disciplines of mathematical biology, epidemiology, evolutionary game theory, economics, physics, and engineering are also of interest to the Journal. Other topics will be considered at the Editors’ discretion. The Journal is composed of original research, expository, short notes, survey articles, and book reviews, and papers that present novel ideas in applications and techniques. Proposals for special issues are welcome; please contact the Editor-in-Chief directly. Peer Review Policy JDEA applies high standards in accepting papers for publication. All submitted articles undergo a very rigorous peer-review process. All manuscripts are first subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer-review by independent, anonymous expert referees, under the guidance of the Editorial Board. All peer-review is single anonymized and submissions can be made online at http://mc.manuscriptcent

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Mathematics, Applied

Editor-in-chief Saber ElaydiPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

Indexing the journal's website claims

Web of ScienceMathSciNetzbMATHCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, Australian Research Council ERA list 2015, Baidu Scholar, British Library Inside, CNKI Scholar, CNPIEC, CnpLINKer, Current Index to Statistics, Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator (BFI), DTU Findit, E-lib Breman, EBSCO Databases, Electronic Journals Library (EZB), Genamics JournalSeek, JournalTOCs, Microsoft Academic, Naver Academic, New Jour, NHN Norwegian Register of Scientific Journals and Publishers, ProQuest Advanced Technologies and Aerospace, ProQuest Computer and Information Systems Abstracts, ProQuest Technology Collection, Publons, SciBase, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

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Impact

Impact factor

0.99LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

1.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.38LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.38Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SNIP 2026-06

0.83LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.83Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

40LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

64OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

928OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.17OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

18.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

3.07%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

62LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

38,000Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

4–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

20%Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to first decision

22 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

99 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

16 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Peer review

Single 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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

ISSN

1023-6198

Electronic ISSN

1563-5120

Society / sponsor

International Society of Difference Equations

Latest issue on the website

Volume 32, Issue 9 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website