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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Metals (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Metals published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q2Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineeringrank 26 of 101 journals
- Q2Materials Science, Multidisciplinaryrank 227 of 489 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$3,137.
02Indexing
Indexing of Metals
- eISSN
- 2075-4701
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Metals publishes: real papers
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04Published papers
Papers published in Metals
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Application of Machine Learning in Constitutive Relationship Prediction of Porous Titanium Materials for Artificial Bone. Metals 2024, 14, 634. htps20240 citations
- An Online Monitoring Approach of Carbon Steel Corrosion via the Use of Electrochemical Noise and Wavelet Analysis. Metals 2024, 14, 6620240 citations
- Overview: Machine Learning for Segmentation and Classification of Complex Steel Microstructures. Metals 2024, 14, 553. htps20240 citations
- Purification of Waste Graphite from Crucibles Used in Photovoltaic Crystallization by an Alkali-Acid Method. Metals 2023, 13, 118020230 citations
- Research Progress on New Types of H2TiO3 Lithium-Ion Sieves: A Review. Metals 2023, 13, 977. htps20230 citations
- Comprehensive and Sustainable Recycling Process for Blended Different Types of End-of-Life Solar Panels: Leaching and Recovery of Valuable Base and …20230 citations
- Controlled Cooling Temperature Prediction of Hot-Rolled Steel Plate Based on Multi-Scale Convolutional Neural Network. Metals 2022, 12, 145520220 citations
- Integration of Open Slag Bath Furnace with Direct Reduction Reactors for New-Generation Steelmaking. Metals 2022, 12, 20320220 citations
- Corrosion Monitoring in Atmospheric Conditions: A Review. Metals 2022, 12, 17120220 citations
- Real-time weld gap monitoring and quality control algorithm during weaving flux-cored arc welding using deep learning. Met-Open Access Metall J 2021; 11 (7) …20210 citations
- Virtual Testing of Composite Structures Made of High Entropy Alloys and Steel20170 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Metals
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06Similar journals
Journals similar to Metals
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07Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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Paste your title, keywords or abstract. We match it against 164,212 published journal papers, by ScholarsColab mentors and other researchers, and show where the closest work appeared, with each journal’s indexing (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024).
How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Metals?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Metals is 3.91: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 3.91 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Metals?
The h-index of Metals is 118 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 118 of its papers have each been cited at least 118 times. Its i10-index is 6,901.
What is the APC of Metals?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$3,137 for Metals, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
Is Metals a Q2 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Metals ranks 26 of 101 journals in Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering, which places it in Q2 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Metals indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Metals appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Metals an SCIE journal?
Yes. Metals is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Metals in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Metals is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Metals publish?
The papers published in Metals that we track most often mention metals, steel, learning, htps, monitoring, machine. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Metals does ScholarsColab track?
We track 11 papers published in Metals between 2017 and 2024, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
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