About this journal
Aims and scope
AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics is devoted to the publication of original research papers in Combinatorial Mathematics and related areas. The fields covered by the journal include:
- Graphs and hypergraphs
- Network theory
- Combinatorial optimization
- Coding theory
- Block designs
- Combinatorial geometry
- Matroid theory
- Logic
- Computing
- Neural networks and any related topics
Contributions presented to the journal can be Full-length articles, Review articles, Short communications, or derived from a conference (with the research being appropriately extended). The journal also publishes proceedings of conferences. These proceedings are fully refereed and must adhere to the high peer standards of the journal.
The journal actively encourages the submission of special issues in cutting-edge areas within the scope, and these should be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief.
Open Access
AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics is an Open Access Journal. All articles published in the Journal will be permanently open to access online immediately upon publication, enabling anyone to read, download and share that research. For more information, see the Journal's Instructions for Authors.
Peer-Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, will be peer-reviewed by independent and anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Publishing Ethics
The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/
The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/.
Queries regarding submissions can be made by contacting the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 109K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 0.8 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.171 (2023) SNIP
- 0.366 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 44 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 142 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 21 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 44% 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
S. Arumugam - Kalasalingam University, India, [email protected]
Associate Editors
M. Baca - Technical University in Košice, Slovakia
L.W. Beineke - Indiana University-Purdue University, USA
B. Bollobás - University of Memphis, Memphis, USA
A. Bonato - Ryerson University, Canada
H.J. Broersma - Durham University, Durham, UK
Gek L. Chia - Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
W. Goddard - Clemson University, USA
M.C. Golumbic - University of Haifa, Israel
M. Hagita - Ochanomizu University, Japan
T.W. Haynes - East Tennessee State University, USA
A.J.W. Hilton – University of Reading, UK
A.M. Hinz – LMU, Germany
G. Karakostas - McMaster University, Canada
G.O.H. Katona - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
G.Y. Katona - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
M. Kovse - Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
M. Kriesell - Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
A. Somasundaram - Dubai International Academic City, UAE
L. Sunil - Indian Institute of Science, India
H. Li - CNRS - UPS, Université Paris-sud, France
X. Li - Nankai University, China
J. Nešetril - Institute of Theoretical Computer Science (ITI), Czech Republic
B.S. Panda - IIT Delhi, India
K.M. Prasad - Manipal University, India
Md. S. Rahman - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh
J. Ryan - University of Newcastle, New Zealand
Slamin - University of Jember, Indonesia
K. Shaalan - The British University in Dubai, UAE
N. Shalaby - Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Prof. K. Thulasiraman - University of Oklahoma, USA
Siba K. Udgata - University of Hyderabad, India,
T. Wang - Tunghai University, Taiwan
Abstracting and indexing
Clarivate Analytics: Science Citation Index Expanded
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
DTU Findit
E-lib Breman
EZB - Electronic Journals Library
Journal TOC
MathSciNet
Microsoft Academic
Portico
Scopus™ - click here for current CiteScore
SciBaseUlrich’s Periodical’s Directory
WorldCat Local (OCLC)
zbMath
Open access
AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics 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
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