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Carbon Letters

SPRINGER JAPAN KK · Singapore · Est. 2000

ISSN2233-4998

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.962

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.145

Total Worksi

1,710

Total Citationsi

25,501

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Carbon Letters is a comprehensive journal covering a full spectrum of carbon materials and carbon-rich molecules. Features research on various carbons and their secondary production of new carbon and composite materials. Covers papers on organic substances with a close relation to the resulting carbon materials. Includes research on alternative energy solutions and clean energy technologies.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,710

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SPRINGER JAPAN KK

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2233-4998

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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

116

2.5k

2019

2.4k

2020

105

2.8k

2021

137

3.7k

2022

212

3.5k

2023

176

2.3k

2024

155

886

2025

140

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 CompositesQ1

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ1

Inorganic ChemistryQ1

Materials ChemistryQ1

Organic ChemistryQ1

Process Chemistry and TechnologyQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Process Chemistry and TechnologyOrganic ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentInorganic ChemistryEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyMaterials ChemistryCeramics and Composites

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Graphene research and applicationsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationFiber-reinforced polymer compositesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesConducting polymers and applicationsAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Carbon Letters

Is Carbon Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Carbon Letters: 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 Carbon Letters?

Carbon 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 6.02.

Is Carbon Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Carbon Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.