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Science of Sintering is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by International Institute for the Science of Sintering (IISS).
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ISSN 0350-820XVerify ISSN ↗1820-7413Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: International Institute for the Science of Sintering (IISS)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metals and Alloys | 86 / 182 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Ceramics and Composites | 83 / 133 | 37th | Q3 |
| Materials Chemistry | 211 / 327 | 35th | Q3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 295 / 446 | 33rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present (also 1978–1989, 1974–1976), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
Science of Sintering is Q2 in Metals and Alloys (rank 86 of 182), Q3 in Ceramics and Composites (rank 83 of 133) and Q3 in Materials Chemistry (rank 211 of 327), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Science of Sintering 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 Q2 at the 53rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.325, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 32.
Science of Sintering is published by International Institute for the Science of Sintering (IISS). Its print ISSN is 0350-820X and its online ISSN is 1820-7413.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Science of Sintering has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 1.2 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #86 of 164 Scopus journals in Metals and Alloys.
Science of Sintering published 48 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 73. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from Serbia (48.8%), Türkiye (16.3%) and Russia (5.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (4 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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