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Surface Science Spectra is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.3), WoS ESCI. 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 1055-5269Verify ISSN ↗1520-8575Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AVS Science and Technology Society
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 92 / 141 | 35th | Q3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 308 / 446 | 30th | Q3 |
| Surfaces and Interfaces | 47 / 63 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present (also 1996, 1992–1994), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.3.
Surface Science Spectra is Q3 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 92 of 141), Q3 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 308 of 446) and Q3 in Surfaces and Interfaces (rank 47 of 63), by CiteScore 2025.
Surface Science Spectra is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 35th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.420, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 40.
Surface Science Spectra is published by AVS Science and Technology Society. Its print ISSN is 1055-5269 and its online ISSN is 1520-8575.
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 Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Surface Science Spectra has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 1.87 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #73 of 128 Scopus journals in Surfaces, Coatings and Films.
Surface Science Spectra published 36 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 51. 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 95 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (41.1%), France (14.2%) and Italy (13.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.1 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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