Chernye Metally journal is included into Scopus Quartile 1
- Published: Tuesday, 25 June 2019 04:50
According to the results of 2018, Chernye Metally scientific and technical journal is included into Quartile 1 of the Scopus international abstract and citation database with an SJR of 0.645.
A major contribution to this achievement was made by members of the editorial staff of the journal, scientists and teachers of NMSTU and National University of Science and Technology MISIS (the founders of Chernye Metally), and specialists from other scientific and industrial training centers, and the editorial staff of the journal.
Chernye Metally is a monthly metallurgical journal co-published with Stahl und Eisen German journal. The journal is included into Ore and Metals publishing house and contains materials on a full range of issues of national and foreign ferrous metallurgy. The editor-in-chief of the journal is Valeriy M. Kolokoltsev, President of NMSTU.
“Now, the Science national project sets requirements not only for inclusion of journals into Scopus and Web of Science databases. Journals should also have a high quartile, which is characteristic of their relevance and quality. Thus, the fact that Chernye Metally is included into the first quartile of the Scopus international database shows its credibility in the world of science. This means that now scientists from all over the world will read about our studies, we can receive requests for sharing experience, promotion and implementation of our technologies and projects in the market. Thanks to this platform we may promote results of our research activities all over the world”, commented Professor Oxana S. Logunova, Head of the Technology Transfer Department, the Strategic Planning Office of NMSTU.
CIS Iron and Steel Review, an English-language journal of Ore and Metals publishing house, held its rank in the first quartile too. One of its founders is Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University. Within a year, its impact factor SJR increased from 0.960 to 2.351.
Thus, Chernye Metally and CIS Iron and Steel Review are currently the only Russian journals on ferrous metallurgy included in Q1 of the Scopus global citation index among specialized journals of Russia, the states of the CIS and Eastern Europe. This is applicable not only to the Metals and alloys subject, but also in general to the Materials science section. Moreover, they take two first places in this list containing 37 journals.
