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Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Wiley-VCH Verlag · Germany · Est. 1976

ISSN1521-4087

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.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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SJR Scorei

0.496

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.902

Total Worksi

5,721

Total Citationsi

66,241

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Applied; Engineering, Chemical; Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous); Chemistry (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 216 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,721

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-VCH Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1521-4087

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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?

N/A

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

276

3.2k

2019

250

2.4k

2020

267

2.1k

2021

258

1.6k

2022

217

2023

206

609

2024

224

231

2025

159

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, AppliedEngineering, Chemical

Scopus Categories

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energetic Materials and CombustionThermal and Kinetic AnalysisRocket and propulsion systems researchCombustion and Detonation ProcessesHigh-Velocity Impact and Material BehaviorChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular StructureElectromagnetic Launch and Propulsion TechnologyHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsHuman auditory perception and evaluationStructural Response to Dynamic Loads

Frequently asked questions about Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Is Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics: 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 Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics?

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics 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 1.15.

Is Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics?