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Nanoscale Horizons

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN2055-6764

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.418

H-Indexi

100

SNIPi

1.229

Total Worksi

1,802

Total Citationsi

42,201

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Nanoscale Horizons is a journal for the publication of nanoscience and nanotechnology. It publishes original research that demonstrates a new concept or a new way of thinking in these fields.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,802

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

2055-6764

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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

191

10k

2019

177

5.5k

2020

128

3.3k

2021

174

3.5k

2022

192

2.7k

2023

249

2.5k

2024

331

1.4k

2025

165

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & Nanotechnology

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

2D Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesGraphene research and applicationsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsCell Image Analysis Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Nanoscale Horizons

Is Nanoscale Horizons a predatory journal?

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

Nanoscale 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 4.03.

Is Nanoscale Horizons indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nanoscale Horizons is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.