Journal profile · Materials Science-General Materials Science
Zastita Materijala
ISSN 0351-9465 · eISSN 2466-2585 · Engineering Society for Corrosion, Belgrade, Serbia · Serbia
Zastita Materijala: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 9 weeks (community reports); 78 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zastita Materijala is published by Engineering Society for Corrosion, Belgrade, Serbia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition, Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, together about 37.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Materials Protection is a peer-reviewed journal that allows open access and features papers on original experimental or theoretical work that significantly advances understanding in the areas of corrosion and materials protection; environmental protection; environmental engineering, and technologies; materials engineering (ceramics, polymers, composites; biomaterials, materials for energy storage and conversion, and etc); nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; chemical and biochemical engineering; applied chemistry; technology management, and education in sustainable development. The journal accepts papers that present experimental and theoretical scientific and engineering results based on the data provided. ISSN (Print): 0351-9465, ISSN (Online): 2466-2585 Contributions to the journal must be submitted in English, and should include summaries in both English and Serbian language. For authors outside of the Serbian-speaking region, the publisher will provide Serbian-language summaries and titles for tables and figures. The Journal is issued 4 times a year. The journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, Journals Pedia Scholarly Analytics (JPSA), etc. Digital copies of the journal are archived in the ZM repository.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science-General Materials Science
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Serbia 26, India 4, United States 3, Germany 2, Türkiye 2 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMaterials Science21.8%
- Magnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsMaterials Science8.7%
- Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsMaterials Science6.8%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering5.9%
- Surface Treatment and CoatingsEngineering5.7%
- Structural Integrity and Reliability AnalysisEngineering5.4%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science3.9%
- Electrodeposition and Electroless CoatingsEngineering3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Materials Science | Q4 | 372/475 | 21st |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,017Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 863 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 83 | 83 | 301 |
| 2025 | 78 | 78 | 359 |
| 2024 | 101 | 101 | 258 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 238 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | 201 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 225 |
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 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 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 | — |
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
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- AI use Use of Large Language Models and generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
Materials Protection conforms to recommendations on chat bots, ChatGPT and scholarly manuscripts and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)’s position statement on Authorship and AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Authors must make sure that only contributors who have significantly contributed to the submission are listed as authors and, conversely, that all contributors who have significantly contributed to the submission are listed as authors. If persons other than authors were involved in important aspects of the research project and the preparation of the manuscript, their contribution should be acknowl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
Authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might have influenced the presented results or their interpretation. If there is no conflict of interest to declare, the following standard statement should be added: ‘No competing interests were disclosed’.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Minor misconduct
Minor misconduct will be handled directly by the editorial team without involving external parties, for example:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and licensing
Authors retain the copyright of the published papers and grant to the publisher the non-exclusive right to publish the article, to be cited as its original publisher in case of reuse, and to distribute it in all forms and media. Articles will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Authors can enter the separate, additional contractual arrangeme…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS POLICY
Materials Protection is an open-access journal. No fees are charged for submission, reviewing, or production. The readers can access and download articles for free without seeking authorization from the author or publisher. SELF-ARCHIVING POLICY As an author, you have the right to deposit your preprint, postprint (accepted version) and publisher's version (PDF) of your work in any institutional, s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW
The manuscripts submitted for review undergo a single-blind peer review process. The purpose of this review is to aid the Editor in making editorial decisions and to assist the author in improving the manuscript through editorial communication. The typical time frame for completion of the peer review process is two weeks. In case the reviewer expects to be unable to complete the review within the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Plagiarism, where someone assumes another's ideas, words, or other creative expression as one's own, is a clear violation of scientific ethics. Plagiarism may also involve a violation of copyright law, punishable by legal action. Plagiarism includes the following: Word for word, or almost word for word copying, or purposely paraphrasing portions of another author's work without clearly indicating …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving SELF-ARCHIVING POLICY
As an author, you have the right to deposit your preprint, postprint (accepted version) and publisher's version (PDF) of your work in any institutional, subject-based or general-purpose repository, your own website, or your departmental website. You can do this before or during the submission process, as well as after the acceptance or publication of your manuscript. Provide full bibliographic inf…
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
- Engineering Society for Corrosion, Belgrade, Serbia
- Country or region
- Serbia
- Language
- English, Serbian
- ISSN
- 0351-9465
- Electronic ISSN
- 2466-2585
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zastita Materijala
How long does peer review take at Zastita Materijala?
Authors report an average review time of about 9 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Zastita Materijala?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Zastita Materijala based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Serbia (26), India (4) and United States (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Zastita Materijala?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zastita Materijala is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Zastita Materijala open access, and what is the APC?
Zastita Materijala 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .