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Journal of Iron and Steel Research is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.1). Published by Gangtie Yanjiu Xuebao.
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ISSN 1001-0963Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Gangtie Yanjiu Xuebao
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metals and Alloys | 93 / 182 | 49th | Q3 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 260 / 408 | 36th | Q3 |
| Materials Chemistry | 222 / 327 | 32nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present (also 1996–2020), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.1.
Journal of Iron and Steel Research is Q3 in Metals and Alloys (rank 93 of 182), Q3 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 260 of 408) and Q3 in Materials Chemistry (rank 222 of 327), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Iron and Steel Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q3, 49th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.273, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 24.
Journal of Iron and Steel Research is published by Gangtie Yanjiu Xuebao. Its ISSN is 1001-0963.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Iron and Steel Research has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #143 of 164 Scopus journals in Metals and Alloys.
Journal of Iron and Steel Research published 1 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2011 with 153. 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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