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Journal of Thermal Science and Technology

Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers · Japan · Est. 2002

ISSN1880-5566eISSN1880-5566

SJR Q3✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.275

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.415

Total Worksi

1,271

Total Citationsi

5,496

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

JTST covers a variety of fields in thermal engineering including heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, combustion, bio-heat transfer, micro- and macro-scale transport phenomena and practical thermal problems in industrial applications.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,271

Publisher OrgJapan Society Mechanical Engineers

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1880-5566 / 1880-5566

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Portico

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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

165

2019

344

2020

140

2021

113

2022

2023

2024

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.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ3

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q3

InstrumentationQ3

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Thermodynamics

Scopus Categories

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsEngineering (miscellaneous)Materials Science (miscellaneous)Instrumentation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heat Transfer and OptimizationCombustion and flame dynamicsAdvanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesHeat Transfer and Boiling StudiesHeat Transfer MechanismsFire dynamics and safety researchRadiative Heat Transfer StudiesRefrigeration and Air Conditioning TechnologiesFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsCombustion and Detonation Processes

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Thermal Science and Technology

Is Journal of Thermal Science and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Thermal Science and Technology: 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 Journal of Thermal Science and Technology?

Journal of Thermal Science and Technology 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 Journal of Thermal Science and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Thermal Science and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.