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Acta Materialia

Acta Materialia Inc · United Kingdom · Est. 1972

ISSN1359-6454eISSN1873-2453

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.825

H-Indexi

410

SNIPi

2.545

Total Worksi

21,235

Total Citationsi

1,556,418

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Acta Materialia publishes original papers and commissioned overviews that advance the understanding of the relationship between the processing, structure, and properties of inorganic materials. The journal focuses on the mechanical or functional behavior of inorganic solids at all length scales, including nanostructures, and addresses concerns in composite materials, metallurgy, microstructure, crystallography, and condensed matter physics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

FrequencyTwenty Issues A Year, <24 Jan. 2000- >

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications21,235

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Acta Materialia Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1359-6454 / 1873-2453

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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

705

50k

2019

877

55k

2020

811

38k

2021

842

32k

2022

804

24k

2023

926

17k

2024

9.4k

2025

716

734

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.

Ceramics and CompositesQ1

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ1

Metals and AlloysQ1

Polymers and PlasticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Polymers and PlasticsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsCeramics and CompositesMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microstructure and mechanical propertiesAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsMetal and Thin Film MechanicsIntermetallics and Advanced Alloy PropertiesHigh Temperature Alloys and CreepAdvanced ceramic materials synthesisAdvanced materials and compositesMetallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys

Frequently asked questions about Acta Materialia

Is Acta Materialia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Materialia: 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 Acta Materialia?

Acta Materialia 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 8.26.

Is Acta Materialia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Materialia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.