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Odporúčané Zahraničné Odborné Časopisy Pre Publikovanie Pracovníkov Svf STU Odporúčané zahraničné odborné časopisy pre publikovanie pracovníkov SvF STU Subject category: Multidiscipinary Material Science (WOS) / Material Science, Ceramics and Composites (SCOPUS) Registrovaný Kvartil Webová stránka P. č. Názov časopisu ISSN Vydavateľ v databázach JCR 2019 časopisu http://www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURN 1. ACI Materials Journal 0889-325X WOS, SCOPUS Q3 American Concrete Institute ALS/MJHOME.ASP http://www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURN 2. ACI Structural Journal 0889-3241 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 American Concrete Institute ALS/SJHOME.ASP 3. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 1944-8244 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 American Chemical Society http://pubs.acs.org/journal/aamick 4. ACS Nano 1936-0851 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 American Chemical Society http://pubs.acs.org/journal/ancac3 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/acta- 5. Acta Materialia 1359-6454 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier materialia/ https://www.springer.com/journal/103 6. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica 0894-9166 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Springer Nature 38 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ Advanced Composite Materials 0924-3046 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Taylor & Francis 7. tacm20/current https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/ 8. Advanced Energy Materials 1614-6832 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Wiley-Blackwell 16146840 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/ 9. Advanced Engineering Materials 1438-1656 WOS Q2 Wiley-Blackwell 15272648 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/ 10. Advanced Functional Materials 1616-301X WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Wiley-Blackwell 16163028 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/ 11. Advanced Materials 0935-9648 WOS Q1 Wiley-Blackwell 15214095 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/yaac 12. Advances in Applied Ceramics 1743-6753 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Taylor & Francis 20/current http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/conte 13. Advances in Cement Research 0951-7197 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 ICE Publishing nt/serial/adcr 14. Advances in Materials Science and 1687-8434 WOS, SCOPUS Q4 Hindawi http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ams Engineering e/ 15. AIP Advances 2158-3226 WOS, SCOPUS Q4 American Institute of Physics https://aip.scitation.org/journal/adv http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/ 16. Annual Review of Materials Research 1531-7331 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Annual Reviews Inc. matsci https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal 17. Applied Clay Science 0169-1317 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier /applied-clay-science https://www.springer.com/journal/104 18. Applied Composite Materials 0929-189X WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Springer Nature 43 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & 19. 0947-8396 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Springer Nature https://www.springer.com/journal/339 Processing https://www.journals.elsevier.com/arch Archives of Civil and Mechanical 20. 1644-9665 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier ives-of-civil-and-mechanical- Engineering engineering/ http://www.begellhouse.com/journals/ 21. Atomization and Sprays 1044-5110 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Begell House atomization-and-sprays.html Beilstein-Institut Zur Forderung https://www.beilstein- 22. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2190-4286 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 der Chemischen Wissenschaften journals.org/bjnano/home https://www.journals.elsevier.com/bio 23. Biomaterials 0142-9612 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier materials http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script= 24. Bragantia 0006-8705 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Instituto Agronomico sci_issues&pid=0006- 8705&lng=en&nrm=iso 25. Bulletin of Materials Science 0250-4707 WOS, SCOPUS Q4 Springer Nature http://www.ias.ac.in/matersci/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/carb 26. Carbon 0008-6223 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier on/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/cem 27. Cement and Concrete Research 0008-8846 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier ent-and-concrete-research/ University of Chemistry and 28. Ceramics - Silikaty 0862-5468 WOS, SCOPUS Q4 http://www.ceramics-silikaty.cz/ Technology, Prague http://www.journals.elsevier.com/cera 29. Ceramics International 0272-8842 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier mics-international/ https://www.emerald.com/insight/publ 30. Circuit World 0305-6120 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Emerald ication/issn/0305-6120 31. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal 0887-302X WOS, SCOPUS Q3 SAGE https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ctr 32. CMC-Computers Materials & Continua 1546-2218 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Tech Science Press http://www.techscience.com/cmc/ 33. Coloration Technology 1472-3581 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Wiley-Blackwell https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/ 14784408 Combustion, Explosion, and Shock https://www.springer.com/journal/105 34. 0010-5082 WOS, SCOPUS Q4 Pleiades Publishing Waves 73 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/com 35. Composite Structures 0263-8223 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier posite-structures/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/com Composites Part A: Applied Science and 36. 1359-835X WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier posites-part-a-applied-science-and- Manufacturing manufacturing/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/com 37. Composites Part B: Engineering 1359-8368 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier posites-part-b-engineering/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/com 38. Composites Science and Technology 0266-3538 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier posites-science-and-technology/ Composites: Mechanics, Computations, http://www.begellhouse.com/journals/ 39. 2152-2057 WOS, SCOPUS nemá Begell House Applications 36ff4a142dec9609 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/com 40. Computational Materials Science 0927-0256 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Elsevier putational-materials-science/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/const 41. Construction and Building Materials 0950-0618 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier ruction-and-building-materials/ http://www.nace.org/Publications/COR 42. Corrosion 0010-9312 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 NACE International ROSION-Journal/ Corrosion Engineering Science and 43. 1478-422X WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Taylor & Francis http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ycst20 Technology http://www.journals.elsevier.com/corro 44. Corrosion Science 0010-938X WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier sion-science/ Critical Reviews in Solid State and http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/bsms2 45. 1040-8436 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Taylor & Francis Materials Sciences 0 46. Crystal Growth & Design 1528-7483 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 American Chemical Society http://pubs.acs.org/journal/cgdefu http://www.journals.elsevier.com/curre 47. Current Applied Physics 1567-1739 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Elsevier nt-applied-physics/ http://benthamscience.com/journals/c 48. Current Nanoscience 1573-4137 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Bentham urrent-nanoscience/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/curre Current Opinion in Solid State & 49. 1359-0286 WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Elsevier nt-opinion-in-solid-state-and-materials- Materials Science science/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/diam 50. Diamond and Related Materials 0925-9635 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Elsevier ond-and-related-materials/ 51. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and 1842-3582 WOS, SCOPUS Q4 National Institute R&D Materials http://www.chalcogen.ro/index.php/jo Biostructures Physics urnals/digest-journal-of-nanomaterials- and-biostructures http://www.springer.com/materials/op Korean Institute of Metals and 52. Electronic Materials Letters 1738-8090 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 tical+%26+electronic+materials/journal/ Materials 13391 https://www.springer.com/journal/101 53. European Physical Journal E 1292-8941 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Springer Nature 89 https://www.springer.com/journal/113 54. Experimental Mechanics 0014-4851 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Springer Nature 40 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/ 55. 8756-758X WOS, SCOPUS Q1 Wiley-Blackwell Materials & Structures 14602695 56. Ferroelectrics 0015-0193 WOS, SCOPUS Q4 Taylor & Francis http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gfer20 57. Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe 1230-3666 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Institute of Chemical Fibres http://fibtex.lodz.pl/am1,about_us.html https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/ 58. Fire and Materials 0308-0501 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Wiley-Blackwell 10991018 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/fire- 59. Fire Safety Journal 0379-7112 WOS, SCOPUS Q2 Elsevier safety-journal/ https://www.springer.com/journal/106 60. Fire Technology 0015-2684 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Springer Nature 94 Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae http://en.cnki.com.cn/Journal_en/B- 61. 1000-3851 SCOPUS nemá Science Press Compositae Sinica B020-FUHE.htm Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon 62. 1536-383X WOS, SCOPUS Q3 Taylor & Francis http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/lfnn20 Nanostructures http://www.worldscientific.com/worlds 63. Functional Materials Letters 1793-6047 WOS, SCOPUS Q3 World Scientific cinet/fml https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/toc/j 64. 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