Journal of Alloys and Compounds

- The Journal of Alloys and Compounds is an international peer-reviewed medium for the publication of work on materials comprising compounds as well as alloys. Its great strength lies in the diversity of disciplines which it encompasses, drawing together results from materials science, physical metallurgy, solid-state chemistry and physics. The interdisciplinary nature of the journal is evident in many subject areas. Experimental and theoretical approaches to materials problems require an active interplay between a variety of traditional and novel scientific disciplines. - The journal will not consider topics on liquid alloys, traditional steel, wear, creep, welding and joining, organic materials and polymers, coordination chemistry, ionic liquids, catalysis and biochemistry; it will not consider papers reporting only syntheses without any properties, purely computational papers without sufficient experimental validation, CALPHAD papers without regard to experimental observations. The submission of papers on technology of materials and processing is not encouraged. First principle calculations can only be accepted, if the system has already been proven in experiment or if this is required for a dedicated application. Technical reports will not be accepted. - The work published in the journal should comprise studies on synthesis and structure combined with investigations of chemical and physical properties of alloys and compounds, contributing to the development of areas of current scientific interest. - Papers submitted for publication should contain new experimental or theoretical results and their interpretation. The Journal of Alloys and Compounds provides a unique international forum where materials scientists, chemists and physicists can present their results both to researchers in their own fields and to others active in related areas.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Materials Chemistry	1999	Q2
Materials Chemistry	2000	Q2
Materials Chemistry	2001	Q2
Materials Chemistry	2002	Q2
Materials Chemistry	2003	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2004	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2005	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2006	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2007	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2008	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2009	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2010	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2011	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2012	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2013	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2014	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2015	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2016	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2017	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2018	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2019	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2020	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2021	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2022	Q1
Materials Chemistry	2023	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	1999	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2000	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2001	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2002	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2003	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2004	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2005	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2006	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2007	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2008	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2009	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2010	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2011	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2012	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2013	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2014	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2015	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2016	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2017	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2018	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2019	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2020	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2021	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2022	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2023	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	1999	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2000	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2001	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2002	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2003	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2004	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2005	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2006	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2007	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2008	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2009	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2010	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2011	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2012	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2013	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2014	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2015	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2016	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2017	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2018	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2019	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2020	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2021	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2022	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2023	Q1
Metals and Alloys	1999	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2000	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2001	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2002	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2003	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2004	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2005	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2006	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2007	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2008	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2009	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2010	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2011	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2012	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2013	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2014	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2015	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2016	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2017	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2018	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2019	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2020	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2021	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2022	Q1
Metals and Alloys	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.744
2000	0.721
2001	0.634
2002	0.791
2003	0.949
2004	0.922
2005	1.088
2006	0.901
2007	0.882
2008	0.888
2009	0.956
2010	1.073
2011	1.164
2012	1.246
2013	1.059
2014	1.117
2015	0.957
2016	0.954
2017	1.020
2018	1.065
2019	1.055
2020	1.112
2021	1.027
2022	1.079
2023	1.103

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	739
2000	901
2001	904
2002	1031
2003	813
2004	1379
2005	1167
2006	1222
2007	1493
2008	1960
2009	3336
2010	2444
2011	2079
2012	1466
2013	2330
2014	2846
2015	3463
2016	3234
2017	4711
2018	3850
2019	4848
2020	4217
2021	4572
2022	5209
2023	4920

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.902
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.905
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.983
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.092
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.154
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.514
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.504
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.593
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.662
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.652
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.120
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.234
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.496
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.539
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.780
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	3.148
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	3.243
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	3.223
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	3.637
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	3.987
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	4.561
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	4.903
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	5.309
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	5.967
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	5.993
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.902
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.885
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.979
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.112
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.157
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.512
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.567
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.533
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.583
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.681
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.132
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.301
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.573
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.611
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.877
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	3.275
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	3.283
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	3.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	3.789
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	4.180
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	4.770
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	5.091
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	5.619
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	6.301
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	6.241
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.859
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.824
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.980
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.032
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.126
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.586
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.463
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.359
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.548
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.563
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.180
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.368
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.592
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.644
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.955
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.218
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	3.307
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	3.359
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.978
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	4.395
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	4.879
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	5.317
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	5.918
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	6.626
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	6.241

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	645
Self Cites	2000	656
Self Cites	2001	467
Self Cites	2002	773
Self Cites	2003	761
Self Cites	2004	935
Self Cites	2005	1151
Self Cites	2006	795
Self Cites	2007	916
Self Cites	2008	939
Self Cites	2009	2757
Self Cites	2010	4549
Self Cites	2011	4771
Self Cites	2012	2747
Self Cites	2013	2930
Self Cites	2014	3689
Self Cites	2015	3788
Self Cites	2016	4438
Self Cites	2017	5888
Self Cites	2018	5706
Self Cites	2019	7383
Self Cites	2020	7160
Self Cites	2021	7241
Self Cites	2022	10527
Self Cites	2023	9459
Total Cites	1999	2301
Total Cites	2000	2422
Total Cites	2001	2630
Total Cites	2002	2828
Total Cites	2003	3282
Total Cites	2004	4154
Total Cites	2005	5049
Total Cites	2006	5148
Total Cites	2007	5966
Total Cites	2008	6527
Total Cites	2009	9968
Total Cites	2010	15620
Total Cites	2011	19912
Total Cites	2012	20523
Total Cites	2013	17231
Total Cites	2014	19238
Total Cites	2015	21806
Total Cites	2016	28385
Total Cites	2017	36157
Total Cites	2018	47684
Total Cites	2019	56263
Total Cites	2020	68270
Total Cites	2021	72573
Total Cites	2022	85922
Total Cites	2023	87367

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.649
External Cites per document	2000	0.645
External Cites per document	2001	0.805
External Cites per document	2002	0.808
External Cites per document	2003	0.889
External Cites per document	2004	1.171
External Cites per document	2005	1.209
External Cites per document	2006	1.296
External Cites per document	2007	1.340
External Cites per document	2008	1.439
External Cites per document	2009	1.542
External Cites per document	2010	1.631
External Cites per document	2011	1.956
External Cites per document	2012	2.262
External Cites per document	2013	2.388
External Cites per document	2014	2.647
External Cites per document	2015	2.713
External Cites per document	2016	2.772
External Cites per document	2017	3.172
External Cites per document	2018	3.680
External Cites per document	2019	4.144
External Cites per document	2020	4.557
External Cites per document	2021	5.059
External Cites per document	2022	5.529
External Cites per document	2023	5.566
Cites per document	1999	0.902
Cites per document	2000	0.885
Cites per document	2001	0.979
Cites per document	2002	1.112
Cites per document	2003	1.157
Cites per document	2004	1.512
Cites per document	2005	1.567
Cites per document	2006	1.533
Cites per document	2007	1.583
Cites per document	2008	1.681
Cites per document	2009	2.132
Cites per document	2010	2.301
Cites per document	2011	2.573
Cites per document	2012	2.611
Cites per document	2013	2.877
Cites per document	2014	3.275
Cites per document	2015	3.283
Cites per document	2016	3.286
Cites per document	2017	3.789
Cites per document	2018	4.180
Cites per document	2019	4.770
Cites per document	2020	5.091
Cites per document	2021	5.619
Cites per document	2022	6.301
Cites per document	2023	6.241

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	29.63
2000	25.97
2001	29.76
2002	26.96
2003	30.38
2004	32.92
2005	27.51
2006	20.62
2007	23.11
2008	18.57
2009	17.87
2010	20.66
2011	21.16
2012	23.19
2013	23.82
2014	26.28
2015	25.87
2016	24.74
2017	25.56
2018	25.79
2019	23.18
2020	25.52
2021	23.95
2022	20.10
2023	20.53

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	21
Non-citable documents	2000	13
Non-citable documents	2001	24
Non-citable documents	2002	52
Non-citable documents	2003	72
Non-citable documents	2004	81
Non-citable documents	2005	90
Non-citable documents	2006	93
Non-citable documents	2007	85
Non-citable documents	2008	85
Non-citable documents	2009	125
Non-citable documents	2010	308
Non-citable documents	2011	445
Non-citable documents	2012	465
Non-citable documents	2013	324
Non-citable documents	2014	231
Non-citable documents	2015	291
Non-citable documents	2016	370
Non-citable documents	2017	318
Non-citable documents	2018	195
Non-citable documents	2019	84
Non-citable documents	2020	81
Non-citable documents	2021	83
Non-citable documents	2022	89
Non-citable documents	2023	86
Citable documents	1999	2531
Citable documents	2000	2723
Citable documents	2001	2663
Citable documents	2002	2492
Citable documents	2003	2764
Citable documents	2004	2667
Citable documents	2005	3133
Citable documents	2006	3266
Citable documents	2007	3683
Citable documents	2008	3797
Citable documents	2009	4550
Citable documents	2010	6481
Citable documents	2011	7295
Citable documents	2012	7394
Citable documents	2013	5665
Citable documents	2014	5644
Citable documents	2015	6351
Citable documents	2016	8269
Citable documents	2017	9225
Citable documents	2018	11213
Citable documents	2019	11711
Citable documents	2020	13328
Citable documents	2021	12832
Citable documents	2022	13548
Citable documents	2023	13912

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	1386
Uncited documents	2000	1475
Uncited documents	2001	1365
Uncited documents	2002	1258
Uncited documents	2003	1382
Uncited documents	2004	1147
Uncited documents	2005	1334
Uncited documents	2006	1423
Uncited documents	2007	1566
Uncited documents	2008	1482
Uncited documents	2009	1398
Uncited documents	2010	1768
Uncited documents	2011	1753
Uncited documents	2012	1756
Uncited documents	2013	1224
Uncited documents	2014	1062
Uncited documents	2015	1152
Uncited documents	2016	1454
Uncited documents	2017	1296
Uncited documents	2018	1519
Uncited documents	2019	1272
Uncited documents	2020	1347
Uncited documents	2021	1098
Uncited documents	2022	1003
Uncited documents	2023	933
Cited documents	1999	1166
Cited documents	2000	1261
Cited documents	2001	1322
Cited documents	2002	1286
Cited documents	2003	1454
Cited documents	2004	1601
Cited documents	2005	1889
Cited documents	2006	1936
Cited documents	2007	2202
Cited documents	2008	2400
Cited documents	2009	3277
Cited documents	2010	5021
Cited documents	2011	5987
Cited documents	2012	6103
Cited documents	2013	4765
Cited documents	2014	4813
Cited documents	2015	5490
Cited documents	2016	7185
Cited documents	2017	8247
Cited documents	2018	9889
Cited documents	2019	10523
Cited documents	2020	12062
Cited documents	2021	11817
Cited documents	2022	12634
Cited documents	2023	13065

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	16.79
2000	20.03
2001	20.44
2002	21.56
2003	18.18
2004	22.31
2005	21.90
2006	20.99
2007	23.29
2008	26.76
2009	28.10
2010	28.31
2011	28.34
2012	27.45
2013	28.52
2014	29.39
2015	30.52
2016	30.05
2017	30.65
2018	30.75
2019	31.76
2020	31.37
2021	32.26
2022	33.75
2023	33.32

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	0
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	8
Overton	2005	10
Overton	2006	8
Overton	2007	19
Overton	2008	10
Overton	2009	7
Overton	2010	6
Overton	2011	8
Overton	2012	3
Overton	2013	12
Overton	2014	5
Overton	2015	12
Overton	2016	5
Overton	2017	14
Overton	2018	13
Overton	2019	7
Overton	2020	3
Overton	2021	3
Overton	2022	1
Overton	2023	0