Ugol

Ugol' · Russian Federation · Est. 1955

ISSN2412-8333

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.31

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.785

Total Worksi

1,576

Total Citationsi

2,794

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Ugol (Russian Coal Journal) is a monthly journal that covers scientific, technical, industrial, and economic topics related to the coal industry in Russia. It is a national publication and a conductor of government policy in this sector.

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General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1955

Annual Volume~ 145 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,576

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ugol'

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2412-8333

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

168

443

2018

165

407

2019

167

482

2020

128

366

2021

169

366

2022

176

196

2023

159

2024

100

2025

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.

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ3

Fuel TechnologyQ3

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ3

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ3

Mechanical EngineeringQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and PetrologyFuel TechnologyGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyMechanical EngineeringEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Engineering and Environmental StudiesCoal and Coke Industries ResearchIndustrial Engineering and TechnologiesMining and Gasification TechnologiesGeotechnical and Geomechanical EngineeringMining Techniques and EconomicsArctic and Russian Policy StudiesMineral Processing and GrindingCoal Properties and UtilizationEngineering Diagnostics and Reliability

Frequently asked questions about Ugol

Is Ugol a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ugol: it is indexed in 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 Ugol?

Ugol is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.31.

Is Ugol indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ugol is indexed in Scopus.