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Materials Performance and Characterization

ASTM International · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2165-3992

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.228

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.509

Total Worksi

1,001

Total Citationsi

4,825

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Ceramics and Composites; Mechanics of Materials; Metals and Alloys; Polymers and Plastics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,001

Publisher OrgASM International

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ASTM International

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2165-3992

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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

130

701

2019

559

2020

563

2021

115

2022

136

2023

2024

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.

Ceramics and CompositesQ3

Mechanics of MaterialsQ3

Metals and AlloysQ3

Polymers and PlasticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsPolymers and PlasticsCeramics and CompositesMetals and Alloys

Frequently asked questions about Materials Performance and Characterization

Is Materials Performance and Characterization a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Materials Performance and Characterization: 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 Performance and Characterization?

Materials Performance and Characterization 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 0.96.

Is Materials Performance and Characterization indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materials Performance and Characterization is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Materials Performance and Characterization?