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Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 0193-2691Verify ISSN ↗1532-2351Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 51 / 141 | 64th | Q2 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 77 / 194 | 60th | Q2 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 70 / 168 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1980–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.5.
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology is Q2 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 51 of 141), Q2 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 77 of 194) and Q2 in Polymers and Plastics (rank 70 of 168), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 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 5.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 64th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.376, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 71.
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0193-2691 and its online ISSN is 1532-2351.
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 Dispersion Science and Technology has an h-index of 81 and a 2-year mean of 2.71 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 128 Scopus journals in Surfaces, Coatings and Films.
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology published 259 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 318. 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 (49%), India (20.2%) and Pakistan (4.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 20 retracted papers are recorded (3.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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