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Journal of Materials Processing Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14.6), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 0924-0136Verify ISSN ↗1873-4774Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,980 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metals and Alloys | 11 / 182 | 94th | Q1 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | 27 / 425 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 65 / 1022 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Ceramics and Composites | 12 / 133 | 91st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1990–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.6.
Journal of Materials Processing Technology is Q1 in Metals and Alloys (rank 11 of 182), Q1 in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (rank 27 of 425) and Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 65 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Materials Processing 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 14.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.836, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 247.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,980 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 Processing Technology is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0924-0136 and its online ISSN is 1873-4774.
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 Materials Processing Technology has an h-index of 257 and a 2-year mean of 9.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #9 of 164 Scopus journals in Metals and Alloys.
Journal of Materials Processing Technology published 405 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 701. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (78%), Hong Kong SAR China (4.5%) and India (3.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 23 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 per 1,000 papers). 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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