International Materials Reviews publishes peer-reviewed critical assessments of the literature on all aspects of materials science and engineering. Its aim is to provide timely, authoritative introductions to current thinking, developments and research in carefully selected topics. Leading edge reviews provide a concise overview of rapidly developing areas of the discipline, while maintaining the journal's high standard of rigour and critical assessment. Most reviews are invited by the Editors but proposals for reviews are welcomed.
Subscribers now have access to the entire retrodigitised back-archive of IMR, extending to the initial publication in 1956.
Peer Review Policy
All submissions are by invitation only. Proposals for reviews can be emailed to the editors for the consideration. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expect referees. All peer-review is single anonymized.
78 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
37 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
86% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
International Materials Reviews is included in the following services:
Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (ANTE)
Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
Aluminum Industry Abstracts
Ceramic Abstracts
Civil Engineering Abstracts
Computer & Information Systems Abstracts
Copper Technical Reference Library
Corrosion Abstracts
Current Contents - Engineering, Computing, and Technology
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
Electronics and Communications Abstracts
Engineered Materials Abstracts
Engineering Index (Compendex)
Engineering Research Database
Index to Scientific Reviews
Materials Science Citation Index
Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts
METADEX
Science Citation Index
Scopus
Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts
Technology Research Database
Weldasearch
Print ISSN:
0950-6608
Online ISSN:
1743-2804
8 issues per year
Currently known as:
International Materials Reviews
(1987 - current)
Formerly known as
International Metals Reviews
(1976 - 1986)
International Metallurgical Reviews
(1972 - 1975)
Metallurgical Reviews
(1956 - 1971)
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