Journal profile · Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Frontier Materials Technologies
ISSN 2782-4039 · eISSN 2782-6074 · Togliatti State University · Russian Federation
Frontier Materials Technologies: impact factor 0.43 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontier Materials Technologies is published by Togliatti State University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Material Properties and Applications, Engineering Technology and Methodologies and Surface Treatment and Coatings, together about 21.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Frontier Materials & Technologies is a peer-reviewed journal that is devoted to publishing research papers by Russian and foreign researchers in Russian and English to share expertise and advances in theory and practice.The scopes of the journal include Mechanical Engineering & Machine Science and Metallurgy & Materials Science. Authors are encouraged to submit: original research papers reflecting research and its methods, results, discussion and conclusions;reviews featuring new advances in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering. The journal aims to: publish original papers reflecting open research results, theoretical and empirical research in Russian and English;inform the international and Russian scientific communities of urgent and promising research topics in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering;integrate papers into international environment and attract international authors and readers interested in the topics of the journal. The publications might be of interest to the researchers who are aspiring to be aware of Russia’s and world’s latest scientific developments and share their research results with the academic community, and academics interested in new advances in the treatment of metals and alloys, the optimization of technological processes, the improvement of equipment wear resistance etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Editor-in-chief Mikhail M. KrishtalPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 22, United States 1, India 1, Germany 1, Australia 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Material Properties and ApplicationsMaterials Science8.4%
- Engineering Technology and MethodologiesEngineering7.1%
- Surface Treatment and CoatingsEngineering5.8%
- Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesEngineering5.6%
- Material Properties and Failure MechanismsMaterials Science5.3%
- Magnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsMaterials Science4.8%
- Engineering Diagnostics and ReliabilityEngineering4.8%
- Aluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesEngineering4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.43Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 194 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 8 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 31 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 49 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 98 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–250 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP CONFLICTS
The determination of authorship is the prerogative of the team of authors who worked on the manuscript. It is not the role of the Editorial Board to determine who qualifies or disqualifies for authorship.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
A conflict of interests exists when professional judgement may be inappropriately influenced by a secondary interest, such as personal relationships, financial relationships, competition between researchers or a conflict of scientific opinions. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a Reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; CC BY 4.0 license Model summary
Authors who publish with “Frontier Materials & Technologies” journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Au…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
"Frontier Materials & Technologies" is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediately upon publication. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Every article submitted to "Frontier Materials & Technologies" and formatted in accordance with the journal’s requirements is subject to peer review. The single blind peer review ensures that the identity of the reviewer is not disclosed. Before submitting the review to the author, all information about the reviewer that may indicate the reviewer's identity is removed from the review form. In orde…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism detection
Originality requirement; no prior submission or publication Model summary
"Frontier Materials & Technologies" uses native Russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint and Postprint Policy
Manuscripts cannot be part of a thesis or dissertation Model summary
The material submitted by the author should not have been previously published in other printed publications or sent to other editors. If the author has posted his/her paper and additional materials to it (figures, tables, appendices, etc.) on personal or public websites before its submission or at any time before publication in the "Frontier Materials & Technologies" journal, he/she undertakes to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Togliatti State University
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English, Russian
- ISSN
- 2782-4039
- Electronic ISSN
- 2782-6074
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontier Materials Technologies
What is the impact factor of Frontier Materials Technologies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.43; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1, h-index 6.
How long does peer review take at Frontier Materials Technologies?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Frontier Materials Technologies based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (22), United States (1) and India (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Frontier Materials Technologies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontier Materials Technologies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Frontier Materials Technologies open access, and what is the APC?
Frontier Materials Technologies is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .