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AIMS Materials Science

AIMS Press · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2372-0484

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.325

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.66

Total Worksi

781

Total Citationsi

8,376

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

AIMS Materials Science is an international Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of Materials science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Frequencymonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications781

Publisher OrgAIMS Press

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AIMS Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2372-0484

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

1.6k

2019

1.1k

2020

787

2021

313

2022

416

2023

376

2024

155

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.

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesInnovative concrete reinforcement materialsZnO doping and propertiesConducting polymers and applicationsMechanical Behavior of CompositesCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsAdvanced ceramic materials synthesis

Frequently asked questions about AIMS Materials Science

Is AIMS Materials Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AIMS Materials Science: 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 AIMS Materials Science?

AIMS Materials Science 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 2.56.

Is AIMS Materials Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AIMS Materials Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of AIMS Materials Science?