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Journal of Nanostructures is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University of Kashan.
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ISSN 2251-7871Verify ISSN ↗2251-788XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Kashan
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanics of Materials | 267 / 408 | 34th | Q3 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 213 / 318 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 96 / 141 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 118 / 168 | 30th | Q3 |
| Biomaterials | 118 / 146 | 19th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.
Journal of Nanostructures is Q3 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 267 of 408), Q3 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 213 of 318) and Q3 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 96 of 141), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Nanostructures 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, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 34th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.220, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 28.
Journal of Nanostructures is published by University of Kashan. Its print ISSN is 2251-7871 and its online ISSN is 2251-788X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Nanostructures has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #348 of 376 Scopus journals in Mechanics of Materials.
Journal of Nanostructures published 38 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 73. 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 37 research articles (2021), authors are most often from Iraq (44.6%), Iran (31.1%) and Kazakhstan (8.1%).
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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