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World Patent Information

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0172-2190eISSN1874-690X

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.529

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.086

Total Worksi

5,304

Total Citationsi

17,421

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Science & Library Science; Computer Science Applications; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Fuel Technology; Library and Information Sciences; Bioengineering; Process Chemistry and Technology; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,304

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 Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0172-2190 / 1874-690X

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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

382

2019

684

2020

410

2021

373

2022

408

2023

263

2024

184

2025

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ2

Fuel TechnologyQ2

Library and Information SciencesQ2

BioengineeringQ3

Process Chemistry and TechnologyQ3

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesComputer Science ApplicationsBioengineeringProcess Chemistry and TechnologyFuel TechnologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intellectual Property and PatentsInnovation Policy and R&DScience, Research, and MedicineDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about World Patent Information

Is World Patent Information a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Patent Information: 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 World Patent Information?

World Patent Information 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 2.32.

Is World Patent Information indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Patent Information is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.