Journal profile · Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Materials Performance
ISSN 0094-1492 · National Association of Corrosion Engineers · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1974
Materials Performance: subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 116 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Materials Performance is published by National Association of Corrosion Engineers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, together about 56.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Materials Performance (MP), published monthly, is the world's largest circulation journal dedicated exclusively to corrosion prevention and control.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMaterials Science31.1%
- Structural Integrity and Reliability AnalysisEngineering17.6%
- Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsMaterials Science8%
- Material Properties and Failure MechanismsMaterials Science6.4%
- Surface Treatment and CoatingsEngineering6%
- Engineering Diagnostics and ReliabilityEngineering5.1%
- Concrete Corrosion and DurabilityEngineering5%
- High-Temperature Coating BehaviorsEngineering3.4%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | Q4 | 711/740 | 3rd |
| General Materials Science | Q4 | 460/475 | 3rd |
| Mechanics of Materials | Q4 | 402/408 | 1st |
| Condensed Matter Physics | Q4 | 441/446 | 1st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE for production reasons on 17 September 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,879 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 108 | 1 | 125 |
| 2025 | 116 | 1 | 191 |
| 2024 | 116 | 0 | 154 |
| 2023 | 117 | 0 | 168 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1 | 164 |
| 2021 | 128 | 2 | 193 |
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
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
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1974
- ISSN
- 0094-1492
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Materials Performance
How long does peer review take at Materials Performance?
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.
Which databases index Materials Performance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Materials Performance is indexed in Scopus.
Is Materials Performance open access, and what is the APC?
Materials Performance 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: .