Materials Evaluation

Materials Evaluation (ME) is ASNT's flagship journal with news and features covering all aspects of NDT and the NDT industry. The technical content in ME is peer-reviewed by qualified technicians and researchers, ensuring quality details and discussion. The journal’s history and archive reaches back to the earliest formative days of the Society.

Current Issue: December 2023 - Volume 81, Issue 12

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The December issue of Materials Evaluation includes an overview of helium leak testing techniques; a review of ASNT 2023: The Annual Conference; a discussion of DICONDE for industrial applications and NDE 4.0; a technical paper on a new method for determining the interfacial stiffness of bonded structures using Lamb waves; and a technical paper on a new rapid helium mass spectrometry leak detection.

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ME Metrics


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Usage

13K+
monthly circulation

18K+
annual DOI resolutions


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Citation Metrics

2.18 (2021)
3-year Impact Factor (SJR) 

1.0 (2022) 
Impact Score
(based on Scopus) 

1.18 (2020)
2-year Impact Factor (SJR)

1.0 (2019)
CiteScore

0.921 (2021)
4-year impact factor (SJR)

34 (2023)
Google h-index


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Speed/Acceptance

34 Days
average from submission to first decision

3 Months
average from acceptance to publication

58 Days
average from submission to final decision

57%
acceptance rate

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