The Progress in Color, Colorants and Coatings (PCCC) is an international research peer reviewed Journal which is published by Institute for Color Science and Technology (ICST) in Iran. This Journal aims to provide an international forum for the prompt publication of articles concerning new concepts and innovative technologies in color, colorants and coatings. The title welcomes original, review, novel and high-impact contributions from the related color, colorants and coatings topics. All submissions to the PCCC Journal undergo a fair, supportive and Single-blind peer-review process and the title acceptance rate is about 32 %.

The PCCC Journal has been indexed in the well-known world databases mainly; Scopus (CiteScore = 7.2; 2024), Scimago Journal Rank (Q3), Chemical Abstract and DOAJ. 

Open Access Policy — Progress in Color Colorants and Coatings is a member of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Journal contents and the individual articles are freely available to readers without subscriptions or payments through the journal website or its permanent repositories.

 Article Processing Charge (APC)  — Progress in Color Colorants and Coatings does not charge any fees for the submission, processing, review, or publication of articles. Furthermore, the Journal operates under a full Open Access (OA) model, ensuring that all issues since 2008 are freely accessible online without any subscription or cost.

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