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Discover Applied Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 3004-9261Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) | 56 / 201 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Engineering (all) | 112 / 351 | 68th | Q2 |
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 85 / 248 | 65th | Q2 |
| Environmental Science (all) | 95 / 249 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Chemical Engineering (all) | 122 / 270 | 55th | Q2 |
| Materials Science (all) | 236 / 475 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.1.
Discover Applied Sciences is Q2 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) (rank 56 of 201), Q2 in Engineering (all) (rank 112 of 351) and Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 85 of 248), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Discover Applied Sciences 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 4.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.573, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 90.
Discover Applied Sciences is published by Springer Nature. Its ISSN is 3004-9261.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Discover Applied Sciences has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 4.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #26 of 186 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all).
Discover Applied Sciences published 1,571 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 89 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (27.3%), China (21.1%) and Ethiopia (8.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 24 retracted papers are recorded (6.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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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