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Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2950-2845Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$2,000 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metals and Alloys | 81 / 182 | 55th | Q2 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 391 / 740 | 47th | Q3 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 240 / 408 | 41st | Q3 |
| Materials Chemistry | 209 / 327 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications is Q2 in Metals and Alloys (rank 81 of 182), Q3 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 391 of 740) and Q3 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 240 of 408), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications 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 2.7, quartile Q2, 55th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.043, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 9.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,000 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.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2950-2845.
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.
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.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 2.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #56 of 164 Scopus journals in Metals and Alloys.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications published 102 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 89 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (40.3%), China (8.2%) and United States (3.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3.7 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.
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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