DTS Makes Steady Strides: 2025 CiteScoreTracker Hits 4.9, Fast Publication Cycle & Dual Database Inclusion Boost Influence

Recently, the latest data from Scopus reveals that the CiteScoreTracker for 2025 of Digital Transformation and Society (DTS), has been updated to 4.9 (data was last updated on October 5, 2025, and is dynamically updated on a monthly basis). This marks a further increase from the previously announced score of 3.6, maintaining its steady position in the global Q2 category (ranking among the top 25%-50%) within the field of 'Library and Information Science'—a placement equivalent to the top 33% of journals in its discipline based on current tracking data. The journal has achieved a stepwise enhancement in its international academic influence.

The data corroborates the rapid growth trend in the journal's influence: In 2024, the journal's CiteScore was 2.5; the real-time CiteScoreTracker for 2025 surged from 3.6 to 4.9, indicating a notable growth rate and underscoring its expanding prominence in the field of digital transformation and social research. As a core evaluation metric in Elsevier's Scopus database, CiteScore covers nearly 30,000 peer-reviewed publications across 334 disciplines.

In terms of publication quality and efficiency, the journal adheres to stringent standards and maintains an efficient process: In 2024, it received a total of 261 submissions, with an acceptance rate of merely 9%. The highest citation count for a single article reached 138 (based on Google Scholar data). The average decision time per manuscript was 28 days, and the time from submission to publication was only 33 days, significantly faster than the average cycle of similar international publications. Notably, the journal has successfully been included in two major international authoritative databases, Scopus and DOAJ, within just two years of its inception, laying a solid foundation for its rapid enhancement in influence.