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Cleaner Materials

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2772-3976eISSN2772-3976

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.939

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.288

Total Worksi

388

Total Citationsi

10,018

2yr Mean Citednessi

11.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Environmental Engineering; Mechanics of Materials; Polymers and Plastics; Waste Management and Disposal.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications388

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2772-3976 / 2772-3976

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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

1.6k

2021

127

5.8k

2022

1.2k

2023

2.2k

2024

448

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.

Environmental EngineeringQ1

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1

Polymers and PlasticsQ1

Waste Management and DisposalQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalMechanics of MaterialsPolymers and PlasticsEnvironmental Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchInnovative concrete reinforcement materialsRecycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceInnovations in Concrete and Construction MaterialsMagnesium Oxide Properties and ApplicationsAsphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesRecycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials productionInfrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution

Frequently asked questions about Cleaner Materials

Is Cleaner Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cleaner 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 Cleaner Materials?

Cleaner 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 11.97.

Is Cleaner Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Cleaner Materials?