Coatings

Coatings is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on coatings and surface engineering, published monthly online by MDPI. The Korean Tribology Society (KTS) and Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (CSMNT) are affiliated with Coatings and their members receive discounts on the article processing charges.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Physics, Applied) / CiteScore - Q2 (Surfaces, Coatings and Films)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 12.3 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Sections: published in 18 topical sections.
• Journal Cluster of Metallurgy and Corrosion Science: Metals, Coatings, Crystals, Corrosion and Materials Degradation, Alloys, Iron and Welding.