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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2014–2015 (also 2008, 2000, 1996)
Source type
Book Series
Open access
No
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Handbook of Surface Science
Handbook of Surface Science is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1573-4331Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Scopus · Inactive
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Handbook of Surface Science indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2014–2015 (also 2008, 2000, 1996)).
What is the impact factor of Handbook of Surface Science?
Handbook of Surface Science 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 Handbook of Surface Science and what is its ISSN?
Handbook of Surface Science is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 1573-4331.
Is Handbook of Surface Science in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Handbook of Surface Science open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Handbook of Surface Science for 5 years, between 1996 and 2015, with 15 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2015, 11 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 111 works and 585 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2015, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2015, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Handbook of Surface Science? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Handbook of Surface Science has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
12
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
19
i10-index
111
works indexed
585
total citations
Handbook of Surface Science published 16 papers in 2015; its busiest recent year was 2008 with 28. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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 Handbook of Surface Science? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2015. 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 2015
- 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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