Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials
ISSN 1516-1439 · eISSN 1980-5373 · Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos · Washington Luiz · Quarterly
Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.26; fully open access; APC about USD 230; review 3–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 246 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials is published by Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos 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 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels, together about 19% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Materials Research Ibero-american Journal of Materials é um periódico internacional dedicada à pesquisa experimental, teórica e de simulação sobre processamento, estrutura e propriedades dos materiais. Devido à alta demanda de artigos recebidos para publicação, a partir de 2012 até 2022 a periodicidade da revista Materials Research foi alterada de 4 para 6 edições anuais. A partir de 2022 foi adotado um volume anual contínuo para artigos regulares e um ou dois suplementos especiais de eventos. Seu título abreviado é Mater. res. (São Carlos), que deve ser usado em bibliografias, notas de rodapé, referências bibliográficas e legendas. Acesso Aberto Materials Research segue o modelo de Acesso Aberto (Open Acess), permitindo o acesso virtual, sem restrição (incluindo restrições financeiras), a todos os textos científicos publicados pelo periódico. Acesso aberto é a condição em que o detentor dos direitos autorais de um trabalho acadêmico concede direitos de uso a terceiros usando uma licença aberta (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY 4.0), permitindo acesso gratuito imediato ao trabalho e autorizando qualquer usuário a ler, baixar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, pesquisar ou vincular os textos completos dos artigos, rastreá-los para indexação, passá-los como dados para software ou usá-los para qualquer outra finalidade legal. Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta O movimento de Ciência Aberta valoriza a colaboração, a transparência e o acesso público ao conhecimento científico. Alinhada a esses princípios, a Materials Research adota práticas como: Acesso aberto a todos os artigos e uso de redes sociais para ampliar a divulgação científica; Transparência na autoria, exigindo a indicação das contribuições individuais em trabalhos com múltiplos autores; Compartilhamento de dados e materiais de pesquisa, incluindo conjuntos de dados, instrumentos, scripts e materiais suplementares, preferencialmente em repositórios confiáveis como por exemplo: Zenodo (CERN + OpenAIRE): aceita dados de qualquer área, gera DOI, integra com GitHub. Figshare: usado em periódicos internacionais, oferece DOI e visualização direta de gráficos, tabelas e imagens. OSF (Open Science Framework): organizar datasets, scripts e protocolos junto com o preprint. Materials Cloud: focado em ciência dos materiais. NOMAD Repository & Archive: voltado para dados computacionais de materiais. Depósito em preprints, incentivando a discussão aberta antes da publicação final; arXiv – seção “condensed matter”,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Metal and Thin Film MechanicsEngineering6.4%
- Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesEngineering6.3%
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsEngineering6.3%
- Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsMaterials Science6.3%
- Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMaterials Science6.1%
- Advanced materials and compositesEngineering5.4%
- Aluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesEngineering5.2%
- Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsEngineering4.9%
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 |
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 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.26LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 243LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,399 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 72 | 4 |
| 2025 | 246 | 246 | 213 |
| 2024 | 155 | 155 | 376 |
| 2023 | 212 | 212 | 932 |
| 2022 | 196 | 196 | 1,194 |
| 2021 | 241 | 241 | 2,365 |
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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 36 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 230 / BRL 800 | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 800 / USD 230 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePreprints
- Preprints Preprints
A Materials Research aceita submissões de artigos depositados nos servidores de preprints Preprints.org, SciELO Preprints , OSF Preprints e arXiv. Sua submissão é opcional para o autor, e o nome do servidor de preprints e seu DOI devem ser informados no momento da submissão, por meio do Formulário sobre Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta. Ressalta-se que a opção de submissão de Preprints implica na…
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
- Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
- Country or region
- Washington Luiz
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1516-1439
- Electronic ISSN
- 1980-5373
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials
What CAS zone is Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. 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 Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.26; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 94.
How long does peer review take at Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials?
Authors report an average review time of 3–8 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 Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Materials Research-Ibero-american Journal of Materials is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 230.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, 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: .