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Materials Protection

Engineers Society of Corrosion, Belgrade · Serbia · Est. 1953

ISSN2466-2585

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.216

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.23

Total Worksi

783

Total Citationsi

1,906

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Materials Protection is a peer-reviewed journal that allows open access and features papers on original experimental or theoretical work that significantly advances understanding in the areas of corrosion and materials protection; environmental protection; environmental engineering, and technologies; materials engineering (ceramics, polymers, composites; biomaterials, materials for energy storage and conversion, and etc); nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; chemical and biochemical engineering; applied chemistry; technology management, and education in sustainable development. The journal accepts papers that present experimental and theoretical scientific and engineering results based on the data provided.

General Information

Country / RegionSerbia

Primary LanguageEnglish, Serbian

1st Year Published1953

Frequency4 times a year

StatusActive

Total Publications783

Publisher OrgEngineering Society for Corrosion, Belgrade, Serbia

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Engineers Society of Corrosion, Belgrade

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2466-2585

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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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, Serbian

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

104

2019

107

2020

102

2021

195

2022

124

2023

101

189

2024

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)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionConcrete Corrosion and DurabilityHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsElectrodeposition and Electroless CoatingsConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchMaterial Properties and ApplicationsAdvanced materials and compositesAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsMetal and Thin Film Mechanics

Frequently asked questions about Materials Protection

Is Materials Protection a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Materials Protection: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Protection?

Materials Protection is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.216.

Is Materials Protection indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materials Protection is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.