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Materials Today Communications

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2352-4928eISSN2352-4928

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.782

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.002

Total Worksi

15,105

Total Citationsi

156,048

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Mechanics of Materials; Materials Chemistry; Materials Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyUnknown

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,105

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-4928 / 2352-4928

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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

407

10k

2019

1.1k

26k

2020

1.1k

21k

2021

2.1k

34k

2022

2.7k

33k

2023

3.5k

26k

2024

3.1k

2025

1.4k

548

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.

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1

Materials ChemistryQ2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Materials Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesHigh Entropy Alloys StudiesAdditive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsAdvanced materials and compositesMicrostructure and mechanical propertiesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesHigh-Temperature Coating BehaviorsMXene and MAX Phase Materials

Frequently asked questions about Materials Today Communications

Is Materials Today Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Materials Today Communications: 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 Materials Today Communications?

Materials Today Communications 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 3.82.

Is Materials Today Communications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materials Today Communications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Materials Today Communications?