| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 510 / 740 | 31st | Q3 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 296 / 408 | 27th | Q3 |
| Materials Science (all) | 374 / 475 | 21st | Q4 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 358 / 446 | 19th | Q4 |
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Engineering Materials
Engineering Materials is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.5). Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 1612-1317Verify ISSN ↗1868-1212Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Engineering Materials indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.5.
What quartile is Engineering Materials in Scopus?
Engineering Materials is Q3 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 510 of 740), Q3 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 296 of 408) and Q4 in Materials Science (all) (rank 374 of 475), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Engineering Materials?
Engineering Materials 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 1.5, quartile Q3, 31st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.105, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 27.
Who publishes Engineering Materials and what is its ISSN?
Engineering Materials is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 1612-1317 and its online ISSN is 1868-1212.
Is Engineering Materials in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Engineering Materials open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Engineering Materials? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Engineering Materials has an h-index of 54 and a 2-year mean of 1.31 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #370 of 641 Scopus journals in Mechanical Engineering.
Engineering Materials published 415 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.
Are there integrity warnings for Engineering Materials? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 · 1 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases and suspect text
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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