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Frontiers in Materials

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 2014

ISSN2296-8016eISSN2296-8016

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total58

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.544

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.776

Total Works

3,906

Total Citations

58,563

2yr Mean Citedness

3.37

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Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Materials is a high-impact open-access journal publishing original research, reviews, and perspectives on all aspects of materials science and engineering.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyContinuous

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,906

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2296-8016 / 2296-8016

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchInnovative concrete reinforcement materialsStructural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsAsphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConcrete Corrosion and DurabilityCorrosion Behavior and InhibitionInfrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringRock Mechanics and Modeling