Journal profile · Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Revista de Metalurgia
ISSN 0034-8570 · eISSN 1988-4222 · CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas · SPAIN · Bimonthly
Revista de Metalurgia: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.56; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Metalurgia is published by CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas 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 Spanish Philosophy and Literature, Metal Alloys Wear and Properties and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, together about 23.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Revista de Metalurgia welcomes original, unpublished manuscripts aimed to contribute to the metals materials science and technology, the main objective of which is to contribute to the dissemination of new scientific discoveries and technological development in this field. The journal mainly gathers work on the process of obtaining, producing, transforming and recycling metals and alloys, their properties and technological characteristics and the various applications of those materials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Editor-in-chief Juan José de DamboreneaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spanish Philosophy and LiteratureArts and Humanities8.3%
- Metal Alloys Wear and PropertiesMaterials Science7.9%
- Metal and Thin Film MechanicsEngineering6.9%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities5.9%
- Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMaterials Science5.8%
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsEngineering4.6%
- Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesEngineering4.5%
- Advanced machining processes and optimizationEngineering4.4%
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 | 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 | 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 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering | 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
- 0.56LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,334 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 58 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 108 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 132 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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)
Article types accepted1
- editorialManuscripts that do not fall within the scope of Revista de Metalurgia and those which do not strictly follow these Author Guidelines will be returned to the au…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
© CSIC. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International basic information legal text
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
- CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
- Country or region
- SPAIN
- Language
- Spanish, English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0034-8570
- Electronic ISSN
- 1988-4222
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 62, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista de Metalurgia
What CAS zone is Revista de Metalurgia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista de Metalurgia is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Revista de Metalurgia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.56; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Revista de Metalurgia?
Authors report an average review time of over 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 Revista de Metalurgia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Metalurgia is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista de Metalurgia open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Metalurgia 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .