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Rapid Prototyping Journal

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1355-2546eISSN1758-7670

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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.657

H-Indexi

138

SNIPi

1.01

Total Worksi

2,471

Total Citationsi

96,009

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Mechanical; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Mechanical Engineering; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Frequency5 No. A Year, 2001-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,471

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1355-2546 / 1758-7670

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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

145

2019

131

3.5k

2020

208

4.4k

2021

156

2022

127

1.5k

2023

195

1.3k

2024

206

463

2025

143

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.

Mechanical EngineeringQ1

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, MechanicalMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAdditive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesManufacturing Process and OptimizationInnovations in Concrete and Construction MaterialsInjection Molding Process and PropertiesBone Tissue Engineering Materials3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchWelding Techniques and Residual StressesCellular and Composite StructuresHigh Entropy Alloys Studies

Frequently asked questions about Rapid Prototyping Journal

Is Rapid Prototyping Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rapid Prototyping Journal: 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 Rapid Prototyping Journal?

Rapid Prototyping Journal 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 2.61.

Is Rapid Prototyping Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rapid Prototyping Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Rapid Prototyping Journal?