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Journal of Superhard Materials

Allerton Press Inc. · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1934-9408

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.329

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.582

Total Worksi

1,040

Total Citationsi

7,262

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Inorganic Chemistry; Materials Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,040

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Allerton Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1934-9408

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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

393

2019

251

2020

268

2021

261

2022

225

2023

116

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.

Inorganic ChemistryQ3

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Inorganic Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced materials and compositesDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchMetal and Thin Film MechanicsAdvanced ceramic materials synthesisAdvanced machining processes and optimizationBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchTunneling and Rock MechanicsAdvanced Surface Polishing TechniquesEngineering Technology and MethodologiesCarbon Nanotubes in Composites

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Superhard Materials

Is Journal of Superhard Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Superhard 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 Superhard Materials?

Journal of Superhard 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 0.98.

Is Journal of Superhard Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Superhard Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Superhard Materials?