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Gold Bulletin

Springer Berlin · Germany

ISSN0017-1557

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.312

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.353

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Discover Metals is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research across the field of materials science, with a dedicated focus on all aspects of metals and their applications. Indexed in Web of Science's Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and EI Compendex. Considers articles from a range of materials science disciplines related to metals. Topics include metal materials, properties, sustainable processing, and more.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Berlin

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0017-1557

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

242

2018

216

2019

189

2020

217

2021

190

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Inorganic ChemistryQ3

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Inorganic Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Frequently asked questions about Gold Bulletin

Is Gold Bulletin a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Gold Bulletin: it is indexed in 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 Gold Bulletin?

Gold Bulletin is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.312.

Is Gold Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Gold Bulletin is indexed in Scopus.