About this journal
Aims and scope
Connection Science is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to exploring the convergence of the analytic and synthetic sciences, including neuroscience, computational modelling, artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning.
A strong focus is on the articles arising from connectionist, probabilistic, dynamical, or evolutionary approaches in aspects of Computer Science, applied applications, and systems-level computational subjects that seek to understand models in science and engineering.
*Please note that Connection Science converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 34 (2022).
Journal metrics
Usage
- 262K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.1 (2023) 5 year IF
- 6.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.021 (2023) SNIP
- 0.763 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 36 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 76 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 14 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 43% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Tim C Pearce
University of Leicester
UK
FOUNDING EDITOR
Noel E. Sharkey
University of Sheffield
UK
ADVISORY BOARD
Albert Y. Zomaya
The University of Sydney
Australia
Berndt 'Bertie' Müller
Swansea University
UK
Bin Hu
Lanzhou University
China
Chein-I Chang
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
USA
Hai Jin
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
China
Jianhua Ma
Hosei Unversity
Japan
Stefan Wermter
University of Hamburg
Germany
Yi Pan
Georgia State University
USA
EDITORS
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan
United International University
Bangladesh
Andreas Theodorou
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Spain
Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda
Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Anna Kobusinska
Poznan University of Technology
Poland
Bakhtiar Affendi Rosdi
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia
Beniamino Di Martino
Universita' della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Italy
Ciprian Dobre
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Romania
Eduard Mehofer
University of Vienna
Austria
Flavio Keidi Miyazawa
UNICAMP
Brazil
Gian Luca Brunetti
Polytecnic University of Milan
Italy
Hong-Ning Dai
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong SAR, China
Jiang Xiao
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
China
Mirjana Ivanovic
University of Novi Sad
Serbia
Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie
University of Greenwich
UK
Muhammad Khurram Khan
King Saud University
Saudi Arabia
Nitin Sukhija
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
USA
Raphaël Couturier
University of Franche-Comté
France
Ryan Ko
University of Queensland
Australia
Sabu M Thampi
Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation, and Technology, Trivandrum
India
Scott Fowler
Linköping University
Sweden
Stefano Nolfi
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Italy
Suzhen Wu
Xiamen University
China
Tim C Pearce
University of Leicester
UK
Weizhi Meng
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
Wenjuan Li
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
China
Xianjun Deng
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
China
Xiaofeng Chen
Xidian University
China
Xiaokang Wang
St. Francis Xavier University
Canada
Xiaokang Zhou
Shiga University
Japan
Yiu-Ming Cheung
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong SAR, China
Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan
Fordham University
USA
Abstracting and indexing
Connection Science is indexed and abstracted in:
ACM Digital Library
British Library
CLOCKSS
CrossRef
Current Contents - Engineering, Computing & Technology (Thomson Reuters)
DBLP Computer Science Bibliography (University of Trier)
EBSCO - Applied Science & Technology Source
EBSCO - Academic Search Complete
EBSCO - STM Source
Ei Compendex/ Engineering Village (Elsevier)
E-LIB (University of Bremen)
Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
Google Scholar
Inspec (The IET)
Microsoft Academic
Naver Corporation
Portico
ProQuest - ProQuest Central
ProQuest - Research Library
ProQuest - SciTech Premium Collection
ProQuest - Technology Collection
PsycINFO (American Psychological Association)
SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service
Science Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)
Science Citation Index Expanded (Thomson Reuters)
Scopus (Elsevier)
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Web of Science (Thomson Reuters)
WorldCat Local (OCLC)
Zetoc
Open access
Connection Science is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Announcement: the journal is currently not accepting Special Issue proposals. We apologise for this inconvenience.
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