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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Springer.
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ISSN 3004-8958Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | 229 / 425 | 46th | Q3 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 425 / 740 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 256 / 408 | 37th | Q3 |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 163 / 256 | 36th | Q3 |
| Materials Science (all) | 321 / 475 | 32nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.3.
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering is Q3 in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (rank 229 of 425), Q3 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 425 of 740) and Q3 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 256 of 408), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 46th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.503, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 39.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,590 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 Science: Materials in Engineering is published by Springer. Its ISSN is 3004-8958.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 2.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #122 of 359 Scopus journals in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering published 163 papers in 2025. 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 India (36.5%), Malaysia (5.3%) and China (5.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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