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Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.7), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by AVS Science and Technology Society.
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ISSN 0734-2101Verify ISSN ↗1520-8559Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AVS Science and Technology Society
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condensed Matter Physics | 225 / 446 | 49th | Q3 |
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 72 / 141 | 49th | Q3 |
| Surfaces and Interfaces | 36 / 63 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–present (also 1970), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.7.
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films is Q3 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 225 of 446), Q3 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 72 of 141) and Q3 in Surfaces and Interfaces (rank 36 of 63), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 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 3.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 49th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.431, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 131.
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films is published by AVS Science and Technology Society. Its print ISSN is 0734-2101 and its online ISSN is 1520-8559.
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 Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films has an h-index of 177 and a 2-year mean of 2.66 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #173 of 425 Scopus journals in Condensed Matter Physics.
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films published 316 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 343. 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 United States (37.8%), China (13.2%) and Japan (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.1 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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