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Granular Matter

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1994

ISSN1434-7636

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.787

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.182

Total Worksi

1,854

Total Citationsi

46,301

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Granular Matter is a peer-reviewed journal serving as premier interdisciplinary forum for research on the complex behavior of granular materials, cutting across topics in a wide range of disciplines in fundamental science as well as engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyFour Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,854

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1434-7636

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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

129

2.8k

2019

1.3k

2020

124

1.7k

2021

103

1.2k

2022

782

2023

114

689

2024

106

194

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.

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMechanicsPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Granular flow and fluidized bedsLandslides and related hazardsGeotechnical Engineering and Soil MechanicsGeotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesParticle Dynamics in Fluid FlowsSoil and Unsaturated FlowRock Mechanics and ModelingGeotechnical and Geomechanical EngineeringFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions

Frequently asked questions about Granular Matter

Is Granular Matter a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Granular Matter: 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 Granular Matter?

Granular Matter 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 2.40.

Is Granular Matter indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Granular Matter is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.