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Combustion and Flame

Elsevier Inc. · United States

ISSN0010-2180eISSN1556-2921

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.899

H-Indexi

262

SNIPi

1.871

Total Worksi

14,597

Total Citationsi

621,536

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Energy & Fuels; Engineering, Chemical; Engineering, Mechanical; Engineering, Multidisciplinary; Thermodynamics; Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous); Chemistry (miscellaneous); Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Fuel Technology; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly (Except Semimonthly In Jan.) <, Jan. 1982->

StatusActive

Total Publications14,597

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0010-2180 / 1556-2921

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

497

20k

2019

515

16k

2020

597

19k

2021

526

13k

2022

563

9.8k

2023

557

6.2k

2024

711

3.4k

2025

447

340

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q1

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ1

Fuel TechnologyQ1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Energy & FuelsEngineering, ChemicalEngineering, MechanicalEngineering, MultidisciplinaryThermodynamics

Scopus Categories

Fuel TechnologyChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Combustion and flame dynamicsAdvanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesCombustion and Detonation ProcessesFire dynamics and safety researchEnergetic Materials and Combustion

Frequently asked questions about Combustion and Flame

Is Combustion and Flame a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Combustion and Flame: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Combustion and Flame?

Combustion and Flame is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.41.

Is Combustion and Flame indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Combustion and Flame is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.