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European Physical Journal C is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 1434-6044Verify ISSN ↗1434-6052Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 12 / 88 | 86th | Q1 |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | 53 / 300 | 82nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present (also 1991–1995), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.7.
European Physical Journal C is Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 12 of 88) and Q1 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 53 of 300), by CiteScore 2025.
European Physical Journal C 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 7.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.161, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 212.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
European Physical Journal C is published by Springer Nature. Its print ISSN is 1434-6044 and its online ISSN is 1434-6052.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
European Physical Journal C has an h-index of 249 and a 2-year mean of 4.97 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #9 of 87 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).
European Physical Journal C published 1,516 papers in 2025. 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (27.8%), India (9.2%) and United States (7.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 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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