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Emergent Materials

Springer Nature · Switzerland · Est. 2018

ISSN2522-5731eISSN2522-574X

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.727

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.943

Total Worksi

1,376

Total Citationsi

15,755

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Biomaterials; Ceramics and Composites; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Waste Management and Disposal.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 281 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,376

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2522-5731 / 2522-574X

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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

1.1k

2019

2020

186

5.3k

2021

106

2.5k

2022

178

2.4k

2023

344

2.6k

2024

320

2025

219

102

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.

BiomaterialsQ2

Ceramics and CompositesQ2

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Waste Management and DisposalQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalBiomaterialsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentCeramics and Composites

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesConducting polymers and applicationsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsMembrane Separation Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Emergent Materials

Is Emergent Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Emergent Materials: 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 Emergent Materials?

Emergent Materials 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 3.40.

Is Emergent Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Emergent Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Emergent Materials?