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Carbon Trends is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2667-0569Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 77 / 256 | 70th | Q2 |
| Materials Chemistry | 99 / 327 | 69th | Q2 |
| Chemistry (miscellaneous) | 49 / 137 | 64th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.8.
Carbon Trends is Q2 in Materials Science (miscellaneous) (rank 77 of 256), Q2 in Materials Chemistry (rank 99 of 327) and Q2 in Chemistry (miscellaneous) (rank 49 of 137), by CiteScore 2025.
Carbon Trends is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 6.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.771, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,000 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.
Carbon Trends is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2667-0569.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Carbon Trends has an h-index of 38 and a 2-year mean of 6.61 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #39 of 234 Scopus journals in Materials Science (miscellaneous).
Carbon Trends published 154 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 87 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Iran (9.7%), India (8.8%) and United States (8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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.
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