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Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1745-2767

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.687

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.678

Total Worksi

1,223

Total Citationsi

37,216

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Manufacturing; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Modeling and Simulation; Signal Processing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyFour Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,223

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1745-2767

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2019

2.9k

2020

2.4k

2021

3.2k

2022

126

3.3k

2023

247

4.7k

2024

231

2025

146

136

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.

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignQ1

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ1

Modeling and SimulationQ1

Signal ProcessingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, ManufacturingMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSignal ProcessingModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAdditive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesHigh Entropy Alloys StudiesManufacturing Process and OptimizationWelding Techniques and Residual StressesInnovations in Concrete and Construction MaterialsCellular and Composite StructuresAdvanced Materials and MechanicsBone Tissue Engineering Materials3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Frequently asked questions about Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Is Virtual and Physical Prototyping a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Virtual and Physical Prototyping: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Virtual and Physical Prototyping?

Virtual and Physical Prototyping 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 9.03.

Is Virtual and Physical Prototyping indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Virtual and Physical Prototyping is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.