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Applied Physics Express is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Japan Society of Applied Physics.
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ISSN 1882-0778Verify ISSN ↗1882-0786Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Japan Society of Applied Physics
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering (all) | 84 / 351 | 76th | Q1 |
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 60 / 248 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.2.
Applied Physics Express is Q1 in Engineering (all) (rank 84 of 351) and Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 60 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
Applied Physics Express is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.406, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 120.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,365 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Applied Physics Express is published by Japan Society of Applied Physics. Its print ISSN is 1882-0778 and its online ISSN is 1882-0786.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Applied Physics Express has an h-index of 123 and a 2-year mean of 4.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #48 of 299 Scopus journals in Engineering (all).
Applied Physics Express published 136 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 633. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 95 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Japan (67.1%), China (12.6%) and United States (8.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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