Swarm and Evolutionary Computation

Swarm and Evolutionary Computation is published by Elsevier BV and is in Zone 2 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research, Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications, together about 59.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Introduction: To tackle complex real world problems, scientists have been looking into natural processes and creatures - both as model and metaphor - for years. Optimization is at the heart of many natural processes including Darwinian evolution, social group behavior and foraging strategies. Over the last few decades, there has been remarkable growth in the field of nature-inspired search and optimization algorithms. Currently these techniques are applied to a variety of problems, ranging from scientific research to industry and commerce. The two main families of algorithms that primarily constitute this field today are the evolutionary computing methods and the swarm intelligence algorithms. Although both families of algorithms are generally dedicated towards solving search and optimization problems, they are certainly not equivalent, and each has its own distinguishing features. Reinforcing each other's performance makes powerful hybrid algorithms capable of solving many intractable search and optimization problems.About the journal: Swarm and Evolutionary Computation is the first peer-reviewed publication of its kind that aims at reporting the most recent research and developments in the area of nature-inspired intelligent computation based on the principles of swarm and evolutionary algorithms. It publishes advanced, innovative and interdisciplinary research involving the theoretical, experimental and practical aspects of the two paradigms and their hybridizations. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation is committed to timely publication of very high-quality, peer-reviewed, original articles that advance the state-of-the art of all aspects of evolutionary computation and swarm intelligence. Survey papers reviewing the state-of-the-art of timely topics will also be welcomed as well as novel and interesting applications.Topics of Interest: Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Genetic Algorithms, and Genetic Programming, Evolution Strategies, and Evolutionary Programming, Differential Evolution, Artificial Immune Systems, Particle Swarms, Ant Colony, Bacterial Foraging, Artificial Bees, Fireflies Algorithm, Harmony Search, Artificial Life, Digital Organisms, Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, Stochastic Diffusion Search, Quantum Computing, Nano Computing, Membrane Computing, Human-centric Computing, Hybridization of Algorithms, Memetic Computing, Autonomic Computing, Self-organizing systems, Combinatorial, Discrete, Binary, Constrained, Multi-objective, Multi-modal, Dynamic, and Large-scale Optimization.Applications: Furthermore, the journal fosters industrial uptake by publishing interesting and novel applications in fields and industries dealing with challenging search and optimization problems from domains such as (but not limited to): Aerospace, Systems and Control, Robotics, Power Systems, Communication Engineering, Operations Research and Decision Sciences, Financial Services and Engineering, (Management) Information Systems, Business Intelligence, internet computing, Sensors, Image Processing, Computational Chemistry, Manufacturing, Structural and Mechanical Designs, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Mathematical and Computational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain-computer Interfacing, Future Computing Devices, Nonlinear statistical and Applied Physics, and Environmental Modeling and Software.Software publication We invite you to convert your open source software into an additional journal publication in Software Impacts, a multi-disciplinary open access journal. Software Impacts provides a scholarly reference to software that has been used to address a research challenge. The journal disseminates impactful and re-usable scientific software through Original Software Publications which describe the application of the software to research and the published outputs.For more information contact us at: software.impacts@elsevier.com

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEC-COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS

Editor-in-chief Ling WangPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 27 in mainland China (about 30%); most named Mainland China 27, United States 8, Spain 7, India 5, Australia 4 (89 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

9.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

9.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

12.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

12.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.75LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.16LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

43LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

131OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,316OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

8.65OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

17.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

14.11%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

426LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Figures by source

Submission to first decision

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

45 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

140 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

14 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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Publisher

Elsevier BV

Country or region

NETHERLANDS

Language

English

ISSN

2210-6502

Electronic ISSN

2210-6510

Official links

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