Home›Search›Surface Review and Letters

Surface Review and Letters

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd · Singapore · Est. 1994

ISSN1793-6667

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.233

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.518

Total Worksi

4,730

Total Citationsi

30,740

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Physical; Physics, Condensed Matter; Materials Chemistry; Surfaces, Coatings and Films; Condensed Matter Physics; Surfaces and Interfaces.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 188 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,730

Publisher OrgWorld Scientific

Visit Journal Website

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%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1793-6667

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

129

2019

112

813

2020

177

970

2021

163

876

2022

176

726

2023

217

334

2024

171

107

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.

Materials ChemistryQ3

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsQ3

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ4

Surfaces and InterfacesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalPhysics, Condensed Matter

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsSurfaces and InterfacesSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsMaterials Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsSurface and Thin Film PhenomenaElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesSemiconductor materials and devicesZnO doping and propertiesDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Researchnanoparticles nucleation surface interactionsAdvanced materials and compositesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors

Frequently asked questions about Surface Review and Letters

Is Surface Review and Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Surface Review and Letters: 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 Surface Review and Letters?

Surface Review and Letters 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 0.73.

Is Surface Review and Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Surface Review and Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Surface Review and Letters?