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International Journal of Mass Spectrometry is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1387-3806Verify ISSN ↗1873-2798Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$4,110 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | 74 / 206 | 64th | Q2 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 220 / 446 | 50th | Q2 |
| Spectroscopy | 48 / 81 | 41st | Q3 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 116 / 194 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.8.
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry is Q2 in Instrumentation (rank 74 of 206), Q2 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 220 of 446) and Q3 in Spectroscopy (rank 48 of 81), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 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 3.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 64th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.399, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 130.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,110 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 Mass Spectrometry is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1387-3806 and its online ISSN is 1873-2798.
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 Mass Spectrometry has an h-index of 133 and a 2-year mean of 1.29 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #93 of 146 Scopus journals in Instrumentation.
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry published 121 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 242. 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 75 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (34%), China (13.8%) and India (8.7%).
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.
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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