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Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research.
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ISSN 0019-5596Verify ISSN ↗0975-1041Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 56 / 88 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present (also 1974–1990, 1971, 1969), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics is Q3 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 56 of 88), by CiteScore 2025.
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied 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 1.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 36th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.197, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 51.
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics is published by National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research. Its print ISSN is 0019-5596 and its online ISSN is 0975-1041.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 0.57 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #71 of 87 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics published 85 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 131. 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 89 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (86.5%), Algeria (2.2%) and China (1.1%). 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. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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