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International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.2). Published by Natural Sciences Publishing.
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ISSN 2090-9519Verify ISSN ↗2090-9527Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Natural Sciences Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanics of Materials | 258 / 408 | 36th | Q3 |
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 94 / 141 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Surfaces and Interfaces | 48 / 63 | 24th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.2.
International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology is Q3 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 258 of 408), Q3 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 94 of 141) and Q4 in Surfaces and Interfaces (rank 48 of 63), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q3, 36th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.264, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 13.
International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology is published by Natural Sciences Publishing. Its print ISSN is 2090-9519 and its online ISSN is 2090-9527.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 1.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #244 of 376 Scopus journals in Mechanics of Materials.
International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 51. 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.
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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