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Metals

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1957

ISSN2075-4701eISSN2075-4701

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.569

H-Indexi

111

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.994

Total Worksi

14,898

Total Citationsi

196,558

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Metals and Alloys.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1957

Annual Volume~ 1,615 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications14,898

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~6 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2075-4701 / 2075-4701

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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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

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

27k

2019

1.7k

35k

2020

2.1k

34k

2021

2.2k

24k

2022

18k

2023

1.4k

8.2k

2024

1.4k

3.3k

2025

675

163

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)Q2

Metals and AlloysQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Metals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesAdditive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesMetallurgy and Material FormingMetal Alloys Wear and PropertiesWelding Techniques and Residual StressesMicrostructure and mechanical propertiesAdvanced materials and compositesHigh Entropy Alloys Studies

Frequently asked questions about Metals

Is Metals a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Metals: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Metals?

Metals 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 2.83.

Is Metals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Metals?

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Metals and Alloys.

Metals

Aims & Scope

General Information

Submission Info

Ethics & Quality

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

Publication & Citation Trend

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Subject Classification

Frequently asked questions about Metals

Is Metals a predatory journal?

What is the impact factor of Metals?

Is Metals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

What is the aims and scope of Metals?

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