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Practical Metallography

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1964

ISSN2195-8599

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.216

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.569

Total Worksi

6,664

Total Citationsi

8,199

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering; Metals and Alloys; Condensed Matter Physics; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Mechanics of Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1964

Annual Volume~ 102 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,664

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2195-8599

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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?

N/A

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

121

2019

2020

113

130

2021

109

2022

102

159

2023

110

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.

Metals and AlloysQ3

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ4

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ4

Mechanics of MaterialsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEngineering and Materials Science StudiesMetal Alloys Wear and PropertiesAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesMetallurgy and Material FormingEducational Reforms and InnovationsMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesRegional Development and Environment

Frequently asked questions about Practical Metallography

Is Practical Metallography a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Practical Metallography: 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 Practical Metallography?

Practical Metallography 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 0.29.

Is Practical Metallography indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Practical Metallography is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Practical Metallography?