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Scripta Materialia

Acta Materialia Inc · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN1359-6462eISSN1872-8456

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.505

H-Indexi

254

SNIPi

1.574

Total Worksi

16,456

Total Citationsi

693,610

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Scripta Materialia is a letters journal providing a forum for the rapid publication of short communications on the relationship between the structure and the properties of inorganic materials. It covers novel or substantially improved properties of materials, including metals, ceramics, and semiconductors at all length scales.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyBiweekly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications16,456

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?

1359-6462 / 1872-8456

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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

562

22k

2019

668

25k

2020

586

17k

2021

593

12k

2022

527

8.4k

2023

462

4.9k

2024

514

2.5k

2025

332

201

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 PhysicsQ1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Mechanical EngineeringQ1

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1

Metals and AlloysQ1

Nanoscience and NanotechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical EngineeringNanoscience & Nanotechnology

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsNanoscience and NanotechnologyMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Mechanical EngineeringMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microstructure and mechanical propertiesAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsAdvanced ceramic materials synthesisIntermetallics and Advanced Alloy PropertiesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesAdvanced materials and compositesMetallic Glasses and Amorphous AlloysHigh Temperature Alloys and Creep

Frequently asked questions about Scripta Materialia

Is Scripta Materialia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scripta 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 Scripta Materialia?

Scripta 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 4.75.

Is Scripta Materialia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scripta Materialia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.