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Metals and Materials International

Korean Institute of Metals and Materials · South Korea · Est. 1987

ISSN1598-9623eISSN2005-4149

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.827

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.184

Total Worksi

4,327

Total Citationsi

59,909

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Metals and Materials International is a monthly journal dedicated to materials engineering and physical metallurgy. Publishes original research articles and reviews. Focuses on relationships among processing, structure and properties of metals and other engineering materials. Welcomes contributions on the impact of processing on the microstructure and properties of materials.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyBimonthly (Varies)

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,327

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?

Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1598-9623 / 2005-4149

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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

337

7.7k

2019

330

6.8k

2020

219

3.8k

2021

239

3.7k

2022

226

2.7k

2023

278

2.5k

2024

267

677

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.

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ1

Materials ChemistryQ1

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1

Metals and AlloysQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsMaterials ChemistryMetals and Alloys

Frequently asked questions about Metals and Materials International

Is Metals and Materials International a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Metals and Materials International: 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 Metals and Materials International?

Metals and Materials International 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 3.96.

Is Metals and Materials International indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Metals and Materials International is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.