Journal of Edge Computing receives its first SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to share a significant milestone in the development of the Journal of Edge Computing. Based on metrics derived from Scopus data as of March 2026, the journal has received its first SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) score of 0.457.

The journal has been ranked across four subject categories:

Artificial Intelligence - Q3
Computer Networks and Communications - Q2
Computer Science (miscellaneous) - Q2
Hardware and Architecture - Q2

Journals are ranked according to their SJR scores and divided into four equal groups — quartiles — placing the Journal of Edge Computing in the second quartile (Q2) across three of its four subject categories in its very first assessment.

The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator is a measure of the prestige of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations a journal receives and the prestige of the journals where those citations originate.

A journal's SJR indicator is a numeric value representing the average number of weighted citations received during a selected year per document published in that journal during the previous three years, as indexed by Scopus. Higher SJR indicator values indicate greater journal prestige.

SJR is a prestige metric inspired by the Google PageRank algorithm and the idea that not all citations are the same. With SJR, the subject field, quality, and reputation of the journal directly affect the value of a citation and the journal's impact. It is a size-independent indicator that orders journals by their "average prestige per article" and can be used for journal comparisons in science evaluation processes.

This inaugural SJR score marks the Journal of Edge Computing's formal entry into globally recognised bibliometric visibility. SJR is a publicly available portal that ranks scientific journals and countries based on citation data from the Scopus database, evaluating the scientific influence of sources by considering both the number and quality of citations received.

The assignment of Q2 rankings in Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Science, and Hardware and Architecture — alongside recognition in Artificial Intelligence — reflects the journal's growing role across the core domains of modern distributed computing research.

The Editorial Board regards this as a foundation, not a ceiling. We remain committed to maintaining the rigorous peer-review standards, broad disciplinary relevance, and editorial quality that made this recognition possible. We warmly thank all authors, reviewers, and readers for their contributions, which have shaped the journal's scientific impact.

We encourage the research community to continue submitting high-quality work to the Journal of Edge Computing as we strive for further growth in the years ahead.

The journal's SCImago profile is publicly accessible at www.scimagojr.com.

Sincerely,
Tetiana A. Vakaliuk
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Edge Computing