Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials
ISSN 0023-432X · eISSN 1338-4252 · Slovenska Akademia Vied · SLOVAKIA · Bimonthly
Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.61; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials is published by Slovenska Akademia Vied and is in Zone 4 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties, Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties and Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Editors of Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials (abbreviated journal title Kovove Mater.) accept and publish only original theoretical and experimental papers concerned with the structure, properties and processing of metallic and selected non-metallic materials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesEngineering13.1%
- Aluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesEngineering8.1%
- Advanced Welding Techniques AnalysisEngineering6.6%
- Metal Alloys Wear and PropertiesMaterials Science6.6%
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsEngineering6.5%
- Metallurgy and Material FormingEngineering6.2%
- Metal and Thin Film MechanicsEngineering5.8%
- Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy PropertiesEngineering5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering | 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
- 0.61LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 108OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,026Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 789 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 31 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 70 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 113 |
| 2021 | 147 | 147 | 596 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 75–150 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Submission language is English Model summary
The submission language is English (since October 2004).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access under CC BY-4.0 for articles published from 2026 Model summary
All articles published from 2026 will be Open Access under the Creative Commons licence (CC BY- 4.0)
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
- Slovenska Akademia Vied
- Country or region
- SLOVAKIA
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0023-432X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1338-4252
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials
What CAS zone is Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary / Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.61; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 21.
How long does peer review take at Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 75–150 words; Keywords: ≤ 6. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .