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Scientia Iranica

Scientia Iranica is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.9), WoS SCIE. Published by Sharif University of Technology.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 1026-3098Verify ISSN ↗2345-3605Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Sharif University of Technology

Scopus · Q2WoS · SCIE

3.9

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 118 of 351 · 66th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

1999–2025

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

3.9

SJR · SCImago

0.304

Q3 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q2 · 66th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Engineering (all)	118 / 351	66th	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	30 / 88	66th	Q2
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	166 / 425	61st	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	304 / 740	58th	Q2
Civil and Structural Engineering	179 / 434	58th	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	118 / 256	54th	Q2
Computer Science (miscellaneous)	84 / 179	53rd	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	84 / 137	39th	Q3

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Quick answers

Is Scientia Iranica indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1999–2025, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.9.

What quartile is Scientia Iranica in Scopus?

Scientia Iranica is Q2 in Engineering (all) (rank 118 of 351), Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 30 of 88) and Q2 in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (rank 166 of 425), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 8 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Scientia Iranica?

Scientia Iranica 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 3.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 66th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.304, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 72.

Who publishes Scientia Iranica and what is its ISSN?

Scientia Iranica is published by Sharif University of Technology. Its print ISSN is 1026-3098 and its online ISSN is 2345-3605.

Is Scientia Iranica in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

Is Scientia Iranica open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Scientia Iranica? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Scientia Iranica has an h-index of 71 and a 2-year mean of 0.98 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #170 of 299 Scopus journals in Engineering (all).

h-index

0.98

2-yr mean citations

1,081

i10-index

4,714

works indexed

40,803

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#170 of 299 Bottom 44% Engineering (all)

#58 of 87 Bottom 34% Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

#219 of 359 Bottom 39% Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Papers published per year

Scientia Iranica published 136 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 580. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferSupply Chain and Inventory ManagementSeismic Performance and AnalysisFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

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.

Who publishes in Scientia Iranica? — latest 99 articles, 2025–2026

In its latest 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Iran (54.5%), India (16.7%) and Türkiye (10.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Scientia Iranica? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 4 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers 3 · 0.6 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flags 4 · 0.8 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases and hijacked journal
Author concentration54.5% of recent authorship from Iran

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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ ISSN Portal · 1026-3098 ↗ISSN Portal · 2345-3605 ↗

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