Small

Wiley-VCH Verlag · Germany · Est. 2004

ISSN1613-6829

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.653

H-Indexi

345

SNIPi

1.675

Total Worksi

32,175

Total Citationsi

1,229,736

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Physical; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter; Biomaterials; Biotechnology; Chemistry (miscellaneous); Engineering (miscellaneous); Materials Science (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencySemi-Monthly, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications32,175

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1613-6829

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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

1.5k

100k

2019

1.4k

80k

2020

1.9k

97k

2021

2.2k

86k

2022

4.2k

122k

2023

4.5k

76k

2024

5.2k

37k

2025

3.4k

2.3k

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.

BiomaterialsQ1

BiotechnologyQ1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q1

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Nanoscience and NanotechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryChemistry, PhysicalMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & NanotechnologyPhysics, AppliedPhysics, Condensed Matter

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBiomaterialsNanoscience and NanotechnologyEngineering (miscellaneous)Materials Science (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced battery technologies researchAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Frequently asked questions about Small

Is Small a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Small: 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 Small?

Small 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 7.53.

Is Small indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Small is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.