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IUCrJ is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by International Union of Crystallography.
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ISSN 2052-2525Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: International Union of Crystallography
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condensed Matter Physics | 127 / 446 | 71st | Q2 |
| Chemistry (all) | 129 / 402 | 68th | Q2 |
| Materials Science (all) | 170 / 475 | 64th | Q2 |
| Biochemistry | 188 / 448 | 58th | Q2 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.7.
IUCrJ is Q2 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 127 of 446), Q2 in Chemistry (all) (rank 129 of 402) and Q2 in Materials Science (all) (rank 170 of 475), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
IUCrJ 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 5.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.061, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 65.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,200 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.
IUCrJ is published by International Union of Crystallography. Its ISSN is 2052-2525.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
IUCrJ has an h-index of 72 and a 2-year mean of 3.91 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #101 of 425 Scopus journals in Condensed Matter Physics.
IUCrJ published 69 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 162. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (17.8%), United Kingdom (16%) and Japan (11.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 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.
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