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Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Elsevier B.V. · China

ISSN1002-0071eISSN1745-5391

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2023-07-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.123

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.174

Total Worksi

3,194

Total Citationsi

78,369

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International serves the global materials science and technology community with the latest research findings. The journal explores topics in phase (matter), porosity, intermetallic compounds, thermodynamics, analytical chemistry, nanoparticle research, hydrogen storage, and coatings.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,194

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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 B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1002-0071 / 1745-5391

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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

2.2k

2019

127

4.6k

2020

112

2.9k

2021

2022

2023

153

2.2k

2024

104

538

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.

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

MultidisciplinaryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

MultidisciplinaryMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsIntermetallics and Advanced Alloy PropertiesElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Frequently asked questions about Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Is Progress in Natural Science: Materials International a predatory journal?

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2023-07-24). 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 Progress in Natural Science: Materials International?

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International 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 6.39.

Is Progress in Natural Science: Materials International indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.