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Canadian Journal of Physics is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2), WoS SCIE. Published by National Research Council of Canada.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0008-4204Verify ISSN ↗1208-6045Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Research Council of Canada
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 149 / 248 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–1991 (also 1993–1994, 1996–present), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.
Canadian Journal of Physics is Q3 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 149 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
Canadian Journal of Physics 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 2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 40th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.240, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 68.
Canadian Journal of Physics is published by National Research Council of Canada. Its print ISSN is 0008-4204 and its online ISSN is 1208-6045.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Canadian Journal of Physics has an h-index of 151 and a 2-year mean of 1.68 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #110 of 235 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (all).
Canadian Journal of Physics published 86 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 255. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (16.7%), Canada (11.9%) and China (9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 30 retracted papers are recorded (1.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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