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Materials Research Letters

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN2166-3831eISSN2166-3831

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.936

Total Worksi

1,015

Total Citationsi

44,831

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,015

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2166-3831 / 2166-3831

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, 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

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

5.3k

2019

4.2k

2020

1.7k

2021

113

4.1k

2022

1.9k

2023

122

1.8k

2024

127

975

2025

119

120

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

Metals and AlloysQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Metals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microstructure and mechanical propertiesHigh Entropy Alloys StudiesAdditive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesHigh-Temperature Coating BehaviorsMetal and Thin Film MechanicsAdvanced materials and compositesMagnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase MaterialsMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels

Frequently asked questions about Materials Research Letters

Is Materials Research Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Materials Research Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Research Letters?

Materials Research Letters 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 5.97.

Is Materials Research Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materials Research Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Materials Research Letters?