Tungsten

Springer International Publishing · Switzerland · Est. 1979

ISSN2661-8036

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.249

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.996

Total Worksi

392

Total Citationsi

7,162

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied; Materials Chemistry; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Metals and Alloys; Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 56 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications392

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 International Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2661-8036

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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

786

2019

1.1k

2020

1.6k

2021

1.8k

2022

1.5k

2023

839

2024

298

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 ChemistryQ1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Metals and AlloysQ1

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsMaterials ChemistryMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced materials and compositesFusion materials and technologiesNuclear Materials and PropertiesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsHigh Entropy Alloys StudiesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Frequently asked questions about Tungsten

Is Tungsten a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tungsten: 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 Tungsten?

Tungsten 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 6.26.

Is Tungsten indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Tungsten is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Tungsten?