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Carbon Letters
Carbon Letters is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Korean Carbon Society.
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Quick answers
Is Carbon Letters indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.5.
What quartile is Carbon Letters in Scopus?
Carbon Letters is Q1 in Inorganic Chemistry (rank 8 of 86), Q1 in Organic Chemistry (rank 21 of 215) and Q1 in Energy Engineering and Power Technology (rank 49 of 347), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Carbon Letters?
Carbon Letters 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 10.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.962, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 49.
How much does it cost to publish in Carbon Letters?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,090 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Carbon Letters and what is its ISSN?
Carbon Letters is published by Korean Carbon Society. Its print ISSN is 1976-4251 and its online ISSN is 2233-4998.
Is Carbon Letters covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Carbon Letters in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Carbon Letters open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Carbon Letters? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Carbon Letters has an h-index of 65 and a 2-year mean of 6.99 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 85 Scopus journals in Inorganic Chemistry.
65
h-index
6.99
2-yr mean citations
788
i10-index
1,786
works indexed
27,985
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$3,090
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#6 of 85Top 8%Inorganic Chemistry
#16 of 210Top 8%Organic Chemistry
#34 of 257Top 14%Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Papers published per year
Carbon Letters published 155 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 212. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationGraphene research and applicationsFiber-reinforced polymer compositesAdvancements in Battery Materials
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.
Who publishes in Carbon Letters? — latest 99 articles, 2026
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from South Korea (30%), China (27.8%) and India (12.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Carbon Letters? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (3.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers6 · 3.4 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flags1 · 0.6 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases
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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