Smart Materials and Structures
ISSN 0964-1726 · IOP Publishing · United Kingdom · active 1992–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q2
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 4.0
- SJR
- 0.673
- h-index
- 195
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Smart Materials and Structures is Q2 in all 7 of its subject categories.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Signal Processing | Q2 | #41 of 133 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | Q2 | #68 of 229 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | Q2 | #106 of 418 |
| Mechanics of Materials | Q2 | #112 of 412 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | Q2 | #120 of 443 |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | Q2 | #233 of 700 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Q2 | #235 of 811 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 3.78
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 469
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Smart Materials and Structures is Q2 in all 7 of its Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Signal Processing: Q2, #41 of 133), with SJR 0.673 (Scimago) and an h-index of 195 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Smart Materials and Structures a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Smart Materials and Structures. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Smart Materials and Structures indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Smart Materials and Structures appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Smart Materials and Structures?
Papers in Smart Materials and Structures are cited about 4.0 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 195. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Smart Materials and Structures (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Smart Materials and Structures is Q2 in all 7 of its subject categories. By category: Signal Processing: Q2, #41 of 133; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: Q2, #68 of 229; Civil and Structural Engineering: Q2, #106 of 418; Mechanics of Materials: Q2, #112 of 412; Condensed Matter Physics: Q2, #120 of 443; Materials Science (miscellaneous): Q2, #233 of 700; Electrical and Electronic Engineering: Q2, #235 of 811. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Smart Materials and Structures is cited about 4.0 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 195.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Smart Materials and Structures?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Smart Materials and Structures. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Smart Materials and Structures open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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