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Nanoscale

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 1890

ISSN2040-3372

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.043

H-Indexi

327

SNIPi

0.934

Total Worksi

33,129

Total Citationsi

1,349,632

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

A high impact peer reviewed journal publishing experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1890

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications33,129

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed

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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7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2040-3372

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer reviewed

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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

2.7k

118k

2019

2.5k

87k

2020

2.1k

55k

2021

1.9k

35k

2022

1.9k

26k

2023

2.1k

20k

2024

2.3k

10k

2025

1.5k

784

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 Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Nanoscience and NanotechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & NanotechnologyPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Nanoscience and NanotechnologyMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Graphene research and applicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications2D Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvancements in Battery MaterialsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsNanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Nanoscale

Is Nanoscale a predatory journal?

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

Nanoscale 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 4.38.

Is Nanoscale indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nanoscale is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nanoscale?