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Materials Transactions

Japan Institute of Metals (JIM) · Japan · Est. 2001

ISSN1345-9678eISSN1347-5320

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.519

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

0.697

Total Worksi

10,036

Total Citationsi

162,974

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,036

Publisher OrgJapan Institute of Metals

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japan Institute of Metals (JIM)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1345-9678 / 1347-5320

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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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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

377

4.8k

2019

349

2.7k

2020

250

1.6k

2021

263

1.4k

2022

351

2.3k

2023

232

557

2024

184

211

2025

185

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 PhysicsQ2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Mechanics of MaterialsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Mechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesMicrostructure and mechanical propertiesMetallic Glasses and Amorphous AlloysAdvanced materials and compositesMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsMagnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsMetal and Thin Film MechanicsIntermetallics and Advanced Alloy PropertiesMetallurgy and Material Forming

Frequently asked questions about Materials Transactions

Is Materials Transactions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Materials Transactions: 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 Transactions?

Materials Transactions 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 1.01.

Is Materials Transactions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materials Transactions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.