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Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.2), WoS SCIE. Published by Ceramic Society of Japan.
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ISSN 1348-6535Verify ISSN ↗1882-0743Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Ceramic Society of Japan
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry (all) | 251 / 402 | 37th | Q3 |
| Ceramics and Composites | 88 / 133 | 34th | Q3 |
| Materials Chemistry | 220 / 327 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 312 / 446 | 30th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1988–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.2.
Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan is Q3 in Chemistry (all) (rank 251 of 402), Q3 in Ceramics and Composites (rank 88 of 133) and Q3 in Materials Chemistry (rank 220 of 327), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 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 2.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 37th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.311, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 69.
Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan is published by Ceramic Society of Japan. Its print ISSN is 1348-6535 and its online ISSN is 1882-0743.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan has an h-index of 79 and a 2-year mean of 0.92 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #272 of 382 Scopus journals in Chemistry (all).
Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan published 170 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 243. 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.
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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