Journal profile · Decision Sciences-Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
Mendel
ISSN 1803-3814 · eISSN 2571-3701 · Brno University of Technology · Czechia
Mendel: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mendel is published by Brno University of Technology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research, Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications and Artificial Immune Systems Applications, together about 38.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MENDEL Soft Computing Journal is an international, open-access journal dedicated to the rapid publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed research articles in fields including Evolutionary Computation, Genetic Programming, Swarm Intelligence, Metaheuristics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Artificial Life, Fuzzy Logic, Chaos Theory, Bayesian Methods, and their relevant applications in various domains such as Optimization, Image Processing, Robotics and Bio-inspired Robotics, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Evolutionary Hardware, Control Design, and Logistics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Decision Sciences-Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science23%
- Evolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsComputer Science10.5%
- Artificial Immune Systems ApplicationsEngineering5.2%
- Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Science4.7%
- Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsComputer Science4.7%
- Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science3.7%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science3.1%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering3.1%
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)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computational Mathematics | Q2 | 57/212 | 73rd |
| Theoretical Computer Science | Q2 | 47/135 | 65th |
| General Computer Science | Q2 | 95/241 | 60th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 176 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 172 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 146 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 84 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | EUR 400 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 400 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 400 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 300 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Duties of Authors and Publication Ethics
Authorship should be limited to but must include all those, who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the paper. The corresponding author ensures that the submission for publication of the manuscript in question has been approved by all of the authors and by their corresponding institutions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
MENDEL open access articles are normally published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ . Under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license permitted 3rd party reuse is only applicable for non-commercial purposes. Articles posted under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license allow users to share, copy, and redistribute the material …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Review time approximately 4–10 weeks Model summary
the review time for articles is approximately 4–10 weeks
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Policy
This journal permits authors to post items submitted to the journal on personal websites or institutional repositories both prior to and after publication, while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable, its publication in this journal (Green Open Access).
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
- Brno University of Technology
- Country or region
- Czechia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1803-3814
- Electronic ISSN
- 2571-3701
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mendel
How long does peer review take at Mendel?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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 Mendel?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mendel is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Mendel open access, and what is the APC?
Mendel is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .