Journal profile
MATEC Web of Conferences
ISSN 2261-236X · EDP Sciences · France
MATEC Web of Conferences: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 735 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MATEC Web of Conferences is published by EDP Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials, together about 18.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MATEC Web of Conferences is an Open Access publication series dedicated to archiving conference proceedings dealing with all fundamental and applied research aspects related to Materials science, Engineering and Chemistry. All engineering disciplines are covered by the aims and scope of the journal: civil, naval, mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering as well as nanotechnology and metrology. The journal concerns also all materials in regard to their physical-chemical characterization, implementation, resistance in their environment… Other subdisciples of chemistry, such as analytical chemistry, petrochemistry, organic chemistry…, and even pharmacology, are also welcome. MATEC Web of Conferences offers a wide range of services from the organization of the submission of conference proceedings to the worldwide dissemination of the conference papers. It provides an efficient archiving solution, ensuring maximum exposure and wide indexing of scientific conference proceedings. Proceedings are published under the scientific responsibility of the conference editors. Main benefits Open Access All the documents are free to read and download. Copyright is retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Policy on re-use Conference papers may be subsequently updated, or enhanced, for further publication as a regular journal article. Flexibility and speed The journal welcomes any scientific documents: traditional articles, posters, abstracts, slideshows, etc. They will be available online within 6-8 weeks of us receiving the contributions. Identification Each document receives a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), and is indexed to Crossref©. Indexation All documents will be indexed in main bibliographic databases. See Indexed in. Metrics and other services Intelligent search engine, email alerts, list of related articles, citation tracking, page view count, links to social bookmarks, etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 14%); most named Mainland China 2, United Kingdom 2, France 2, Switzerland 2, Portugal 2 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering8.4%
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering5.2%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering5.1%
- Fatigue and fracture mechanicsEngineering5%
- Civil and Structural Engineering ResearchEngineering4.9%
- Advanced machining processes and optimizationEngineering4.9%
- Building energy efficiency and sustainabilityEngineering4.8%
- Structural Engineering and Materials AnalysisEngineering4.8%
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,990OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.87OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 30,557 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 308 | 308 | 7,004 |
| 2025 | 735 | 735 | 11,239 |
| 2024 | 1,106 | 1,106 | 13,565 |
| 2023 | 537 | 537 | 15,500 |
| 2022 | 1,080 | 1,080 | 15,043 |
| 2021 | 1,451 | 1,451 | 15,989 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 | No APC | — | — |
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
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- License & copyright Copyright
The copyright is retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Authors grant EDP Sciences a license to publish their article and identify EDP Sciences as the original publisher. They also grant any third party the right to use, distribute and repro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
All the documents are free to read and download. Copyright is retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Conference papers may be extended for journal publication if they contain substantial new material and cite the proceedings paper. Model summary
Conference papers may be updated, or enhanced, for further publication as a regular journal article, including submission to journals not published by EDP Sciences. Journal articles derived from work previously published in conference proceedings must contain a substantial amount of new or previously unpublished results.
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
- EDP Sciences
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- French, English
- ISSN
- 2261-236X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MATEC Web of Conferences
How long does peer review take at MATEC Web of Conferences?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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 MATEC Web of Conferences based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (2), United Kingdom (2) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index MATEC Web of Conferences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MATEC Web of Conferences is indexed in DOAJ.
Is MATEC Web of Conferences open access, and what is the APC?
MATEC Web of Conferences 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, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .