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Journal of Combustion is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 2090-1968Verify ISSN ↗2090-1976Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Engineering and Power Technology | 205 / 347 | 41st | Q3 |
| Fuel Technology | 89 / 138 | 35th | Q3 |
| Chemical Engineering (all) | 181 / 270 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 331 / 446 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.9.
Journal of Combustion is Q3 in Energy Engineering and Power Technology (rank 205 of 347), Q3 in Fuel Technology (rank 89 of 138) and Q3 in Chemical Engineering (all) (rank 181 of 270), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Combustion is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 1.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 41st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.230, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 27.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,000 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 Combustion is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2090-1968 and its online ISSN is 2090-1976.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Combustion has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 0.7 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #178 of 257 Scopus journals in Energy Engineering and Power Technology.
Journal of Combustion published 5 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 19. 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 24 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Cameroon (20.1%), United States (16.7%) and China (10.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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