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Smart Materials and Structures

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0964-1726eISSN1361-665X

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 6.1. 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

0.673

H-Indexi

192

CiteScorei

6.1

SNIPi

1.068

Total Worksi

10,253

Total Citationsi

356,821

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Smart Materials and Structures is a multi-disciplinary engineering journal dedicated to technical advances in (and applications of) smart materials, systems and structures; including intelligent systems, sensing and actuation, adaptive structures, and active control.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications10,253

Publisher OrgIOP Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer review

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?

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0964-1726 / 1361-665X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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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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

516

15k

2019

505

12k

2020

416

7.5k

2021

355

5.7k

2022

399

4.1k

2023

614

4.5k

2024

536

1.5k

2025

400

104

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.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ2

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ2

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Mechanics of MaterialsQ2

Signal ProcessingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Instruments & InstrumentationMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMechanics of MaterialsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Signal ProcessingCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsVibration Control and Rheological FluidsStructural Health Monitoring TechniquesInnovative Energy Harvesting TechnologiesAeroelasticity and Vibration Control

Frequently asked questions about Smart Materials and Structures

Is Smart Materials and Structures a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Smart Materials and Structures: 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 Smart Materials and Structures?

Smart Materials and Structures 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1.

Is Smart Materials and Structures indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Smart Materials and Structures is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.