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Applied Sciences (Switzerland) is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 18 / 99 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Instrumentation | 37 / 206 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Engineering (all) | 66 / 351 | 81st | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 297 / 1022 | 70th | Q2 |
| Materials Science (all) | 151 / 475 | 68th | Q2 |
| Process Chemistry and Technology | 33 / 84 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.1.
Applied Sciences (Switzerland) is Q1 in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (rank 18 of 99), Q1 in Instrumentation (rank 37 of 206) and Q1 in Engineering (all) (rank 66 of 351), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Applied Sciences (Switzerland) is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.555, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 197.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,896 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Applied Sciences (Switzerland) is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2076-3417.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Applied Sciences (Switzerland) has an h-index of 228 and a 2-year mean of 4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 90 Scopus journals in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.
Applied Sciences (Switzerland) published 13,396 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (29%), South Korea (8.5%) and Spain (8.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 52 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 30 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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