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Journal of the Less-Common Metals

Journal of the Less-Common Metals is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..

ISSN 0022-5088Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

Scopus · Inactive
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Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is Journal of the Less-Common Metals indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1959–1991).

What is the impact factor of Journal of the Less-Common Metals? Journal of the Less-Common Metals has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is Journal of the Less-Common Metals in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Journal of the Less-Common Metals open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

131
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
4,768
i10-index
9,249
works indexed
184,059
total citations
Papers published per year
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Journal of the Less-Common Metals published 537 papers in 1991; its busiest recent year was 1986 with 705. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Rare-earth and actinide compoundsNuclear Materials and PropertiesHydrogen Storage and MaterialsInorganic Chemistry and Materials

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1991
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 0022-5088 ↗

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