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Journal of Natural Fibers is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1544-046XVerify ISSN ↗1544-0478Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 43 / 256 | 83rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.5.
Journal of Natural Fibers is Q1 in Materials Science (miscellaneous) (rank 43 of 256), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Natural Fibers 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 10.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.663, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 75.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,070 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 Natural Fibers is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1544-046X and its online ISSN is 1544-0478.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Natural Fibers has an h-index of 86 and a 2-year mean of 4.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 234 Scopus journals in Materials Science (miscellaneous).
Journal of Natural Fibers published 207 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 502. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (19%), China (14.7%) and Saudi Arabia (5.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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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