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Sensors and Materials

M Y U Scientific Publishing Division · Japan

ISSN0914-4935eISSN2435-0869

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.23

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.358

Total Worksi

4,023

Total Citationsi

13,017

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Sensors and Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access journal to provide a forum for researchers working in multidisciplinary fields of sensing technology.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyIrregular (Six Issues Per Volume)

StatusActive

Total Publications4,023

Publisher OrgMYU K.K.

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewPeer review

Review Time~9 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

M Y U Scientific Publishing Division

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0914-4935 / 2435-0869

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

341

1.6k

2019

355

2020

368

1.5k

2021

354

1.1k

2022

342

756

2023

394

419

2024

393

140

2025

249

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.

InstrumentationQ3

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Instruments & InstrumentationMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

InstrumentationMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsAnalytical Chemistry and SensorsAdvanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials

Frequently asked questions about Sensors and Materials

Is Sensors and Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sensors and Materials: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Sensors and Materials?

Sensors and Materials 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 0.51.

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

Sensors and Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Sensors and Materials?