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International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 13.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by University of Science and Technology Beijing.
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ISSN 1674-4799Verify ISSN ↗1869-103XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Science and Technology Beijing
Cost to publish: About US$3,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 5 / 164 | 97th | Q1 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 28 / 740 | 96th | Q1 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 20 / 408 | 95th | Q1 |
| Metals and Alloys | 14 / 182 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Materials Chemistry | 31 / 327 | 90th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 13.8.
International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials is Q1 in Geochemistry and Petrology (rank 5 of 164), Q1 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 28 of 740) and Q1 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 20 of 408), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials 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 13.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.393, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 71.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 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 Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials is published by University of Science and Technology Beijing. Its print ISSN is 1674-4799 and its online ISSN is 1869-103X.
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 Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials has an h-index of 78 and a 2-year mean of 11.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 13.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 156 Scopus journals in Geochemistry and Petrology.
International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials published 241 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 269. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (79.9%), Canada (3.3%) and Russia (2.4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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