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Kovove Materialy

Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences · Slovakia · Est. 1982

ISSN1338-4252

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.207

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.337

Total Worksi

768

Total Citationsi

3,499

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering; Metals and Alloys; Materials Chemistry; Mechanical Engineering; Mechanics of Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionSlovakia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications768

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1338-4252

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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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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

262

2019

154

2020

147

590

2021

113

2022

2023

2024

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.

Metals and AlloysQ3

Materials ChemistryQ4

Mechanical EngineeringQ4

Mechanics of MaterialsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringMaterials ChemistryMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesAdvanced Welding Techniques AnalysisMetal Alloys Wear and PropertiesMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsMetallurgy and Material FormingMetal and Thin Film MechanicsIntermetallics and Advanced Alloy PropertiesWelding Techniques and Residual StressesMaterial Properties and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Kovove Materialy

Is Kovove Materialy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Kovove Materialy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Kovove Materialy?

Kovove Materialy 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 0.52.

Is Kovove Materialy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Kovove Materialy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Kovove Materialy?