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Discover Materials

Springer Nature · Switzerland · Est. 2020

ISSN2730-7727eISSN2730-7727

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 3.6. 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

0.785

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

3.6

SNIPi

0.991

Total Worksi

622

Total Citationsi

3,440

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Discover Materials is an open access journal publishing research across all fields relevant to materials, and areas where materials are activators for innovation and disruption. Topics include structural materials, functional materials, energy materials, and more. A journal in Springer Nature’s Discover Series: Rigorous, representative and wide-reaching.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

Annual Volume~ 153 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications622

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

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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10/11 · 91%

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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?

2730-7727 / 2730-7727

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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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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

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

166

2020

351

2021

449

2022

662

2023

102

1.4k

2024

323

1.9k

2025

392

168

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.

Metals and AlloysQ1

BiomaterialsQ2

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

BiomaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsInnovative concrete reinforcement materialsAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Discover Materials

Is Discover Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discover Materials: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Discover Materials?

Discover 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6.

Is Discover Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Discover Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.