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Constraints

This journal provides a common forum for the many disciplines interested in constraint programming and constraint satisfaction and optimization, and the many application domains in which constraint technology is employed. It covers all aspects of computing with constraints, inclu...

ISSN: 1383-7133

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

Category: Software

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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1,5 Q1

15 of 75 journals in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

H-index · SJR 49 · 0,355

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31%

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Publication cost (APC) payments

2.190 € Open Access

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COP Index

1,5

Q1

SJR Impact

0,355

H-index

49

Docs (year)

11

Docs 3y

39

Total refs

553

Cites 3y

58

Citable 3y

35

Cites/Doc 2y

1.47

Ref/Doc

50.27

Immediate OA

2190 €

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0 €

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Best articles by citations

A Comparison between SAT and CSP Techniques

A General Qualitative Framework for Temporal and Spatial Reasoning

Implementing a Test for Tractability

Maintaining Longest Paths Incrementally

On Benchmarking Constraint Logic Programming Platforms. Response to Fernandez and Hill's "A Comparative Study of Eight Constraint Programming Languages over the Boolean and Finite Domains"

Periodic Constraint Satisfaction Problems: Tractable Subclasses

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Constraints has a COP Index of 1,5 (Q1), ranked 15 of 75 in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. SJR: 0,355.

Immediate OA APC is 2190 EUR. Non-OA / submission fee is 0 EUR.

The acceptance rate recorded for Constraints is 31%.

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