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Journal of Cosmetic Science is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), WoS SCIE. Published by Society of Cosmetic Chemists.
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ISSN 1525-7886Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Society of Cosmetic Chemists
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dermatology | 122 / 152 | 20th | Q4 |
| Chemistry (all) | 377 / 402 | 6th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Journal of Cosmetic Science is Q4 in Dermatology (rank 122 of 152) and Q4 in Chemistry (all) (rank 377 of 402), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Cosmetic 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 0.5, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 20th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.150, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 46.
Journal of Cosmetic Science is published by Society of Cosmetic Chemists. Its ISSN is 1525-7886.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Cosmetic Science has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #134 of 144 Scopus journals in Dermatology.
Journal of Cosmetic Science published 1 papers in 2015; its busiest recent year was 1995 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.
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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