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Bulletin of Materials Science

Indian Academy of Sciences · India

ISSN0250-4707eISSN0973-7669

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-07-07). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.383

H-Indexi

101

SNIPi

0.61

Total Worksi

6,644

Total Citationsi

96,103

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Provides original research, review articles and rapid communications in all areas of materials science. Presents conference and symposia proceedings of interest to materials scientists. Offers high-quality articles, published rapidly after acceptance.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequencybi-monthly

StatusActive

Total Publications6,644

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indian Academy of Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0250-4707 / 0973-7669

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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

330

2019

299

3.1k

2020

306

3.3k

2021

247

2.1k

2022

239

1.8k

2023

288

1.1k

2024

140

180

2025

202

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.

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Mechanics of MaterialsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsZnO doping and propertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Materials Science

Is Bulletin of Materials Science a predatory journal?

Bulletin of Materials Science was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-07-07). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Bulletin of Materials Science?

Bulletin of Materials Science 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 1.92.

Is Bulletin of Materials Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of Materials Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.