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JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE

MDPI · CH · Est. 2017

ISSN2504-477XeISSN2504-477X

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-10-21). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.7

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.077

Total Worksi

3,095

Total Citationsi

37,096

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Composites; Engineering (miscellaneous); Ceramics and Composites.

General Information

Country / RegionCH

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 592 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,095

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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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?

MDPI

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2504-477X / 2504-477X

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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

110

3.6k

2019

200

5.8k

2020

333

7.3k

2021

391

6.3k

2022

530

8.7k

2023

537

5.3k

2024

710

3.2k

2025

452

278

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.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Ceramics and CompositesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Composites

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mechanical Behavior of CompositesNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesInnovative concrete reinforcement materialsConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchFiber-reinforced polymer compositesStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concretebiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE

Is JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE a predatory journal?

JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-10-21). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE?

JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES 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 4.01.

Is JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE?