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Journal of Materials Engineering is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Science Press.
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ISSN 1001-4381Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Science Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metals and Alloys | 105 / 182 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 174 / 256 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 101 / 141 | 28th | Q3 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 124 / 168 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.7.
Journal of Materials Engineering is Q3 in Metals and Alloys (rank 105 of 182), Q3 in Materials Science (miscellaneous) (rank 174 of 256) and Q3 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 101 of 141), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Materials Engineering 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 1.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 42nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.216, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 26.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$581 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 Materials Engineering is published by Science Press. Its ISSN is 1001-4381.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Materials Engineering has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #143 of 164 Scopus journals in Metals and Alloys.
Journal of Materials Engineering published 4 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 187. 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.
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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