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Composites Part C: Open Access is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2666-6820Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 43 / 740 | 94th | Q1 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 29 / 408 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Ceramics and Composites | 14 / 133 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.2.
Composites Part C: Open Access is Q1 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 43 of 740), Q1 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 29 of 408) and Q1 in Ceramics and Composites (rank 14 of 133), by CiteScore 2025.
Composites Part C: Open Access 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 12.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.182, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 46.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,400 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.
Composites Part C: Open Access is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2666-6820.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Composites Part C: Open Access has an h-index of 50 and a 2-year mean of 5.36 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #73 of 641 Scopus journals in Mechanical Engineering.
Composites Part C: Open Access published 128 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 88 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (10.8%), Iran (10.6%) and France (8.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.3 per 1,000 papers). 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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