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Colorants is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.1), DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2079-6447Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science (all) | 283 / 475 | 40th | Q3 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 101 / 168 | 40th | Q3 |
| Spectroscopy | 53 / 81 | 35th | Q3 |
| Organic Chemistry | 142 / 215 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.1.
Colorants is Q3 in Materials Science (all) (rank 283 of 475), Q3 in Polymers and Plastics (rank 101 of 168) and Q3 in Spectroscopy (rank 53 of 81), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Colorants is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q3, 40th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,207 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.
Colorants is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2079-6447.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Colorants has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 2.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #195 of 438 Scopus journals in Materials Science (all).
Colorants published 38 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 98 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Brazil (26.9%), United States (12.8%) and Mexico (10.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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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