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Materials Horizons

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2051-6347eISSN2051-6355

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.427

H-Indexi

171

SNIPi

1.679

Total Worksi

4,323

Total Citationsi

152,936

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Mechanics of Materials; Process Chemistry and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,323

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

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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?

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2051-6347 / 2051-6355

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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

291

21k

2019

337

23k

2020

325

15k

2021

309

10k

2022

566

17k

2023

673

11k

2024

928

6.6k

2025

616

443

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.

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1

Process Chemistry and TechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsProcess Chemistry and TechnologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingCell Image Analysis TechniquesBiotechnology and Related Fields

Frequently asked questions about Materials Horizons

Is Materials Horizons a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Materials Horizons: 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 Materials Horizons?

Materials Horizons 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 6.50.

Is Materials Horizons indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materials Horizons is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.