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Coal Preparation
Coal Preparation is not currently indexed in Scopus. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 0734-9343Verify ISSN ↗1545-5831Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Coal Preparation indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1984–2007 (also 1977–1978)).
What is the impact factor of Coal Preparation?
Coal Preparation has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Coal Preparation and what is its ISSN?
Coal Preparation is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0734-9343 and its online ISSN is 1545-5831.
Is Coal Preparation 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 Coal Preparation in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Coal Preparation open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Coal Preparation for 26 years, between 1977 and 2007, with 5 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2007, 19 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 481 works and 5,190 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2007, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2007, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Coal Preparation? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Coal Preparation has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Coal Preparation published 15 papers in 2007; its busiest recent year was 1999 with 28. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Coal Preparation? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2007. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2007
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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