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Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

Korean Institute of Metals and Materials · South Korea · Est. 2005

ISSN1738-8228eISSN2288-8241

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.267

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.608

Total Worksi

2,048

Total Citationsi

6,704

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Metals and Alloys; Modeling and Simulation; Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageKorean

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 108 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,048

Publisher OrgThe Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

OA Since2018

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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?

1738-8228 / 2288-8241

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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?

Korean

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

188

600

2018

169

575

2019

192

530

2020

183

508

2021

387

2022

122

428

2023

111

222

2024

2025

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.

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ3

Metals and AlloysQ3

Modeling and SimulationQ3

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsModeling and SimulationMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsMetallurgy and Material FormingMetal Alloys Wear and PropertiesAdvanced materials and compositesWelding Techniques and Residual StressesIntermetallics and Advanced Alloy PropertiesHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

Is Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials: 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 Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials?

Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials 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 1.02.

Is Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.