| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 99 / 434 | 77th | Q1 |
| Signal Processing | 49 / 203 | 76th | Q1 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 109 / 446 | 75th | Q1 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 261 / 1030 | 74th | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 67 / 243 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 115 / 408 | 71st | Q2 |
| Materials Science (all) | 152 / 475 | 68th | Q2 |
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Smart Materials and Structures
Smart Materials and Structures is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.1), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by IOP Publishing Ltd..
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ISSN 0964-1726Verify ISSN ↗1361-665XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd.
Cost to publish: About US$3,325 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Smart Materials and Structures indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.1.
What quartile is Smart Materials and Structures in Scopus?
Smart Materials and Structures is Q1 in Civil and Structural Engineering (rank 99 of 434), Q1 in Signal Processing (rank 49 of 203) and Q1 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 109 of 446), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Smart Materials and Structures?
Smart Materials and Structures 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 6.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.673, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 192.
How much does it cost to publish in Smart Materials and Structures?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,325 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Smart Materials and Structures and what is its ISSN?
Smart Materials and Structures is published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0964-1726 and its online ISSN is 1361-665X.
Is Smart Materials and Structures covered under ONOS in India?
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.
Is Smart Materials and Structures in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Smart Materials and Structures open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Smart Materials and Structures? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Smart Materials and Structures has an h-index of 195 and a 2-year mean of 4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #74 of 385 Scopus journals in Civil and Structural Engineering.
Smart Materials and Structures published 536 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 614. 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.
Who publishes in Smart Materials and Structures? — latest 100 articles, 2026
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (60.5%), United States (9.5%) and India (5%). 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 Smart Materials and Structures? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration60.5% of recent authorship from China
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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