Surface Science

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Elsevier
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SCImago
Q3
Impact factor
2.1
SJR
0.385
CiteScore
3.3
Categories
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Areas
Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
1964-2025
journal names
Surface Science
SURF SCI
Publications
38 382
Citations
1 037 918
h-index
250
Top-3 citing journals
Surface Science
Surface Science (184064 citations)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (76736 citations)
Journal of Chemical Physics
Journal of Chemical Physics (35577 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (9271 publications)
Germany (5896 publications)
Japan (3952 publications)

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USA, 9271, 24.15%
Germany, 5896, 15.36%
Japan, 3952, 10.3%
United Kingdom, 3007, 7.83%
France, 2978, 7.76%
Italy, 1537, 4%
China, 1163, 3.03%
Netherlands, 925, 2.41%
Russia, 907, 2.36%
Canada, 835, 2.18%
Spain, 807, 2.1%
Sweden, 800, 2.08%
Poland, 702, 1.83%
Austria, 578, 1.51%
Switzerland, 555, 1.45%
Denmark, 447, 1.16%
Australia, 391, 1.02%
Czech Republic, 302, 0.79%
Belgium, 295, 0.77%
Republic of Korea, 295, 0.77%
USSR, 269, 0.7%
Argentina, 264, 0.69%
Israel, 259, 0.67%
Ukraine, 251, 0.65%
Finland, 241, 0.63%
Brazil, 230, 0.6%
India, 180, 0.47%
Mexico, 150, 0.39%
Hungary, 149, 0.39%
Bulgaria, 138, 0.36%
Greece, 125, 0.33%
Ireland, 124, 0.32%
Singapore, 121, 0.32%
Turkey, 107, 0.28%
Norway, 91, 0.24%
South Africa, 78, 0.2%
Croatia, 63, 0.16%
Czechoslovakia, 61, 0.16%
Portugal, 58, 0.15%
Iran, 56, 0.15%
Yugoslavia, 52, 0.14%
Slovenia, 50, 0.13%
Morocco, 48, 0.13%
Algeria, 44, 0.11%
Chile, 38, 0.1%
Romania, 34, 0.09%
Venezuela, 33, 0.09%
New Zealand, 29, 0.08%
Belarus, 28, 0.07%
Saudi Arabia, 27, 0.07%
Tunisia, 26, 0.07%
Jordan, 25, 0.07%
Serbia, 22, 0.06%
Estonia, 21, 0.05%
Latvia, 20, 0.05%
Pakistan, 16, 0.04%
Slovakia, 16, 0.04%
Philippines, 15, 0.04%
Congo-Brazzaville, 14, 0.04%
Lithuania, 14, 0.04%
Vietnam, 13, 0.03%
Colombia, 13, 0.03%
Egypt, 12, 0.03%
Thailand, 12, 0.03%
Indonesia, 8, 0.02%
Iraq, 8, 0.02%
Iceland, 7, 0.02%
Malaysia, 7, 0.02%
Uzbekistan, 7, 0.02%
Moldova, 5, 0.01%
Peru, 5, 0.01%
Puerto Rico, 5, 0.01%
Cuba, 4, 0.01%
Montenegro, 4, 0.01%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.01%
Benin, 3, 0.01%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3, 0.01%
Yemen, 3, 0.01%
Luxembourg, 3, 0.01%
Nigeria, 3, 0.01%
UAE, 3, 0.01%
Ecuador, 3, 0.01%
Kazakhstan, 2, 0.01%
Cameroon, 2, 0.01%
Qatar, 2, 0.01%
Costa Rica, 2, 0.01%
Madagascar, 2, 0.01%
Syria, 2, 0.01%
Uruguay, 2, 0.01%
Armenia, 1, 0%
Georgia, 1, 0%
Kenya, 1, 0%
Cyprus, 1, 0%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1, 0%
Kuwait, 1, 0%
Lebanon, 1, 0%
Libya, 1, 0%
Liechtenstein, 1, 0%
Mongolia, 1, 0%
New Caledonia, 1, 0%
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China, 133, 18.52%
USA, 92, 12.81%
Japan, 58, 8.08%
Germany, 52, 7.24%
Poland, 23, 3.2%
Russia, 22, 3.06%
France, 19, 2.65%
Italy, 15, 2.09%
Argentina, 14, 1.95%
United Kingdom, 13, 1.81%
India, 13, 1.81%
Brazil, 11, 1.53%
Sweden, 11, 1.53%
Morocco, 10, 1.39%
Republic of Korea, 10, 1.39%
Turkey, 10, 1.39%
Vietnam, 8, 1.11%
Austria, 7, 0.97%
Iran, 7, 0.97%
Czech Republic, 7, 0.97%
Belgium, 6, 0.84%
Canada, 5, 0.7%
Saudi Arabia, 5, 0.7%
Singapore, 5, 0.7%
South Africa, 5, 0.7%
Ukraine, 4, 0.56%
Netherlands, 4, 0.56%
Australia, 3, 0.42%
Israel, 3, 0.42%
Indonesia, 3, 0.42%
Spain, 3, 0.42%
Congo-Brazzaville, 3, 0.42%
Mexico, 3, 0.42%
Finland, 3, 0.42%
Portugal, 2, 0.28%
Algeria, 2, 0.28%
Bangladesh, 2, 0.28%
Venezuela, 2, 0.28%
Greece, 2, 0.28%
Pakistan, 2, 0.28%
Thailand, 2, 0.28%
Switzerland, 2, 0.28%
Denmark, 1, 0.14%
Iraq, 1, 0.14%
Cameroon, 1, 0.14%
Colombia, 1, 0.14%
Norway, 1, 0.14%
Peru, 1, 0.14%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0.14%
Tunisia, 1, 0.14%
Philippines, 1, 0.14%
Croatia, 1, 0.14%
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