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Instruments and Experimental Techniques

Pleiades Publishing · United States · Est. 1961

ISSN1608-3180

SJR Q4✓ 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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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.218

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.49

Total Worksi

4,311

Total Citationsi

15,916

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Multidisciplinary; Instruments & Instrumentation; Instrumentation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1961

Annual Volume~ 287 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications4,311

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

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?

Pleiades Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1608-3180

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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

340

522

2019

307

773

2020

305

508

2021

196

268

2022

309

305

2023

270

145

2024

281

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.

InstrumentationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, MultidisciplinaryInstruments & Instrumentation

Scopus Categories

Instrumentation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Radiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesNuclear Physics and ApplicationsLaser Design and ApplicationsPulsed Power Technology ApplicationsGyrotron and Vacuum Electronics ResearchParticle Detector Development and PerformanceParticle accelerators and beam dynamicsPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsAtomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers

Frequently asked questions about Instruments and Experimental Techniques

Is Instruments and Experimental Techniques a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Instruments and Experimental Techniques: 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 Instruments and Experimental Techniques?

Instruments and Experimental Techniques 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 0.34.

Is Instruments and Experimental Techniques indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Instruments and Experimental Techniques is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Instruments and Experimental Techniques?