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Frontiers in Physics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematical Physics | 8 / 90 | 91st | Q1 |
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 57 / 248 | 77th | Q1 |
| Biophysics | 55 / 155 | 64th | Q2 |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 93 / 256 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 80 / 194 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.2.
Frontiers in Physics is Q1 in Mathematical Physics (rank 8 of 90), Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 57 of 248) and Q2 in Biophysics (rank 55 of 155), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Frontiers in 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 5.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.469, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 79.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,077 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.
Frontiers in Physics is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 2296-424X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers in Physics has an h-index of 88 and a 2-year mean of 2.98 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 88 Scopus journals in Mathematical Physics.
Frontiers in Physics published 455 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 1,425. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (50.3%), India (10.4%) and United States (5.7%). 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. 24 retracted papers are recorded (4.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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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