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Journal of Coatings Technology and Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer.
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ISSN 1547-0091Verify ISSN ↗1935-3804Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer
Cost to publish: About US$4,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 39 / 141 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Chemistry (all) | 120 / 402 | 70th | Q2 |
| Surfaces and Interfaces | 23 / 63 | 64th | Q2 |
| Colloid and Surface Chemistry | 11 / 24 | 56th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.9.
Journal of Coatings Technology and Research is Q2 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 39 of 141), Q2 in Chemistry (all) (rank 120 of 402) and Q2 in Surfaces and Interfaces (rank 23 of 63), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 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 5.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.521, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 63.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,090 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 Coatings Technology and Research is published by Springer. Its print ISSN is 1547-0091 and its online ISSN is 1935-3804.
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.
Journal of Coatings Technology and Research has an h-index of 68 and a 2-year mean of 3.02 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #50 of 128 Scopus journals in Surfaces, Coatings and Films.
Journal of Coatings Technology and Research published 170 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (32%), India (18%) and Iran (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 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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