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Journal of Membrane Science Letters is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2772-4212Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | 73 / 448 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 33 / 194 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Materials Science (all) | 95 / 475 | 80th | Q1 |
| Filtration and Separation | 9 / 21 | 59th | Q2 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.9.
Journal of Membrane Science Letters is Q1 in Biochemistry (rank 73 of 448), Q1 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 33 of 194) and Q1 in Materials Science (all) (rank 95 of 475), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Membrane Science Letters 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 8.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.765, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 19.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,310 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 Membrane Science Letters is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2772-4212.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Membrane Science Letters has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 3.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #151 of 442 Scopus journals in Biochemistry.
Journal of Membrane Science Letters published 22 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 29. 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 99 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from United States (29.5%), China (10.8%) and Germany (7.6%).
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.
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