Soft Matter

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
ISSN: 1744683X, 17446848
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WOS
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Impact factor
2.9
SJR
0.783
CiteScore
6.0
Categories
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Condensed Matter Physics
Areas
Chemistry
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
2005-2025
journal names
Soft Matter
Publications
16 608
Citations
503 325
h-index
209
Publications
4 722
Citations
228 114
Top-3 citing journals
Soft Matter
Soft Matter (39137 citations)
Langmuir
Langmuir (19050 citations)
Macromolecules
Macromolecules (11925 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (4825 publications)
China (2938 publications)
Germany (2140 publications)
USA (1280 publications)
China (853 publications)
Germany (475 publications)

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