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Materials Science and Engineering: B

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0921-5107eISSN1873-4944

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.757

H-Indexi

150

SNIPi

1.015

Total Worksi

15,733

Total Citationsi

291,147

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Condensed Matter; Condensed Matter Physics; Mechanical Engineering; Mechanics of Materials; Materials Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications15,733

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

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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?

0921-5107 / 1873-4944

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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

✅

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

203

4.8k

2019

445

9.3k

2020

479

11k

2021

532

8.1k

2022

804

12k

2023

729

8.5k

2024

1.1k

4.3k

2025

581

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.

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ1

Mechanical EngineeringQ1

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, Condensed Matter

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Mechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Semiconductor materials and devicesZnO doping and propertiesSemiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesSemiconductor materials and interfacesFerroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Frequently asked questions about Materials Science and Engineering: B

Is Materials Science and Engineering: B a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Materials Science and Engineering: B: 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 Materials Science and Engineering: B?

Materials Science and Engineering: B 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 4.56.

Is Materials Science and Engineering: B indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materials Science and Engineering: B is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Materials Science and Engineering: B?