Orbital

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Departamento de Quimica · Brazil · Est. 2008

ISSN1984-6428eISSN1984-6428

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.185

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.383

Total Worksi

567

Total Citationsi

1,774

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications567

Publisher OrgUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Departamento de Quimica

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1984-6428 / 1984-6428

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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?

N/A

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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

264

2019

109

2020

174

2021

149

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q4

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q4

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Synthesis and biological activityMulticomponent Synthesis of HeterocyclesInorganic and Organometallic ChemistryElectrochemical sensors and biosensorsElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsSynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyAnalytical Chemistry and SensorsWater Quality Monitoring and AnalysisComputational Drug Discovery Methods

Frequently asked questions about Orbital

Is Orbital a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Orbital: 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 Orbital?

Orbital 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 0.62.

Is Orbital indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Orbital is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Orbital?