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International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 0143-7496Verify ISSN ↗1879-0127Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,760 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering (all) | 73 / 270 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 56 / 168 | 66th | Q2 |
| Biomaterials | 59 / 146 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1980–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.8.
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives is Q2 in Chemical Engineering (all) (rank 73 of 270), Q2 in Polymers and Plastics (rank 56 of 168) and Q2 in Biomaterials (rank 59 of 146), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 6.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.710, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 122.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,760 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.
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0143-7496 and its online ISSN is 1879-0127.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives has an h-index of 137 and a 2-year mean of 4.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #69 of 246 Scopus journals in Chemical Engineering (all).
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives published 265 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 92 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (32.1%), Brazil (13.9%) and Türkiye (9.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 7 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 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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