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Journal of Rubber Research is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 1511-1768Verify ISSN ↗2524-3993Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
Cost to publish: About US$3,390 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Science | 272 / 541 | 49th | Q3 |
| Chemistry (miscellaneous) | 99 / 137 | 28th | Q3 |
| Organic Chemistry | 164 / 215 | 23rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present (also 2007–2017), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.5.
Journal of Rubber Research is Q3 in Plant Science (rank 272 of 541), Q3 in Chemistry (miscellaneous) (rank 99 of 137) and Q4 in Organic Chemistry (rank 164 of 215), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Rubber Research 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 49th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.270, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 18.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,390 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 Rubber Research is published by Springer Nature. Its print ISSN is 1511-1768 and its online ISSN is 2524-3993.
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 Rubber Research has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 3.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #96 of 521 Scopus journals in Plant Science.
Journal of Rubber Research published 45 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 79. 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 86 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (28.9%), Malaysia (23.4%) and China (16%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (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.
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