Journal profile · Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
INSIGHT
ISSN 1354-2575 · eISSN 1754-4904 · British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing · ENGLAND · Irregular
INSIGHT: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6; subscription journal; review about 2.5 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 67 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
INSIGHT is published by British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Non-Destructive Testing Techniques, Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses, together about 44.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Official Journal of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing - includes original research and devlopment papers, technical and scientific reviews and case studies in the fields of NDT and CM.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Non-Destructive Testing TechniquesEngineering20.1%
- Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave PropagationEngineering16.3%
- Welding Techniques and Residual StressesEngineering7.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.4%
- Geophysical Methods and ApplicationsEngineering4.5%
- Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesEngineering4.3%
- Machine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesEngineering4.3%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 446OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 67LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,668 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 67 | 0 | 35 |
| 2024 | 60 | 0 | 104 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2 | 168 |
| 2022 | 60 | 4 | 221 |
| 2021 | 73 | 5 | 246 |
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 2.5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- ISSN
- 1354-2575
- Electronic ISSN
- 1754-4904
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about INSIGHT
What CAS zone is INSIGHT in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, INSIGHT is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Instruments & Instrumentation / Materials Science, Characterization & Testing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of INSIGHT?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.6; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at INSIGHT?
Authors report an average review time of about 2.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index INSIGHT?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, INSIGHT is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is INSIGHT open access, and what is the APC?
INSIGHT is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .