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Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2043-6262

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total63

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

Removed from DOAJ (2019-05-02). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

175

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 138d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.383

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.473

Total Worksi

1,245

Total Citationsi

25,374

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Physics, Applied; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Materials Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,245

Publisher OrgIOP Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2043-6262

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

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

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.4k

2019

1.2k

2020

582

2021

469

2022

443

2023

301

2024

108

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.

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ3

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & NanotechnologyPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsZnO doping and propertiesTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsGraphene research and applicationsNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryConducting polymers and applicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Is Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology a predatory journal?

Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2019-05-02). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology?

Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 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 1.97.

Is Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.