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APL Materials

AIP Publishing LLC · United States · Est. 2013

eISSN2166-532X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.987

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

1.25

Total Worksi

2,977

Total Citationsi

90,705

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Physics, Applied; Engineering (miscellaneous); Materials Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,977

Publisher OrgAmerican Institute of Physics

OA Since2012

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AIP Publishing LLC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2166-532X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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)?

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & NanotechnologyPhysics, Applied

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electronic and Structural Properties of OxidesMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsZnO doping and propertiesPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsMagnetic properties of thin films2D Materials and ApplicationsFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsGa2O3 and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsSemiconductor materials and devices

Frequently asked questions about APL Materials

Is APL Materials a predatory journal?

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

APL Materials 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 4.59.

Is APL Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

APL Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of APL Materials?