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International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd..
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ISSN 2588-8404Verify ISSN ↗2589-7225Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanics of Materials | 33 / 408 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | 41 / 425 | 90th | Q1 |
| Materials Science (all) | 60 / 475 | 87th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.7.
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture is Q1 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 33 of 408), Q1 in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (rank 41 of 425) and Q1 in Materials Science (all) (rank 60 of 475), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture 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 11.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.039, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 41.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture is published by KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2588-8404 and its online ISSN is 2589-7225.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 4.35 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #76 of 376 Scopus journals in Mechanics of Materials.
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture published 77 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 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (16.1%), China (15.6%) and Russia (9.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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