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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 18.3), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Academic Press Inc..
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ISSN 0021-9797Verify ISSN ↗1095-7103Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$4,470 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 6 / 141 | 96th | Q1 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 20 / 318 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Biomaterials | 12 / 146 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Colloid and Surface Chemistry | 3 / 24 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1966–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 18.3.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science is Q1 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 6 of 141), Q1 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 20 of 318) and Q1 in Biomaterials (rank 12 of 146), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 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 18.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.642, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 297.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,470 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 Colloid and Interface Science is published by Academic Press Inc. Its print ISSN is 0021-9797 and its online ISSN is 1095-7103.
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 Colloid and Interface Science has an h-index of 369 and a 2-year mean of 11.1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 18.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 128 Scopus journals in Surfaces, Coatings and Films.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science published 3,016 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 China (79.2%), United States (3.9%) and United Kingdom (2.8%). 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. 24 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 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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