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Discover Nano

Springer · Germany · Est. 1987

ISSN2731-9229eISSN2731-9229

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 2.9. 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

0.961

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

2.9

Total Worksi

733

Total Citationsi

6,138

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Discover Nano is an open access journal publishing research from across all areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Covers nanoscale research in physics, materials science, biology, chemistry, engineering. A journal in Springer Nature’s Discover Series: Rigorous, representative and wide-reaching.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

Annual Volume~ 205 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications733

OA Since2022

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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

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-9229 / 2731-9229

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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?

PMC, 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

2013

161

2023

218

3.7k

2024

237

1.8k

2025

418

383

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.

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & NanotechnologyPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsAdvanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Frequently asked questions about Discover Nano

Is Discover Nano a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discover Nano: 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 Nano?

Discover Nano 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 2.9.

Is Discover Nano indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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