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Materials Letters: X

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2018

ISSN2590-1508eISSN2590-1508

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.417

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.736

Total Worksi

232

Total Citationsi

1,342

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Materials Letters: X is a peer-reviewed, open access journal in materials science, covering novel materials, materials processing, materials characterization, materials synthesis, and materials properties. It is dedicated to publishing novel, cutting-edge reports of broad interest to the materials community, providing a forum for materials scientists and engineers, physicists, and chemists to communicate on important topics in the field of materials.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications232

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2590-1508 / 2590-1508

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

255

2019

2020

407

2021

422

2022

223

2023

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.

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Mechanics of MaterialsQ2

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ3

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Mechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Materials Letters: X

Is Materials Letters: X a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Materials Letters: X: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Materials Letters: X?

Materials Letters: X 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 0.31.

Is Materials Letters: X indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materials Letters: X is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.