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International Journal of Thermophysics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer.
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ISSN 0195-928XVerify ISSN ↗1572-9567Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer
Cost to publish: About US$3,390 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | 51 / 206 | 75th | Q1 |
| Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 30 / 99 | 70th | Q2 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 167 / 446 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 86 / 194 | 55th | Q2 |
| Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) | 48 / 106 | 55th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1980–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.8.
International Journal of Thermophysics is Q1 in Instrumentation (rank 51 of 206), Q2 in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (rank 30 of 99) and Q2 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 167 of 446), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Thermophysics 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 4.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 75th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.449, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 87.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,390 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.
International Journal of Thermophysics is published by Springer. Its print ISSN is 0195-928X and its online ISSN is 1572-9567.
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.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Thermophysics has an h-index of 104 and a 2-year mean of 4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #26 of 146 Scopus journals in Instrumentation.
International Journal of Thermophysics published 213 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 (22.2%), Japan (10.6%) and Iran (8.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 5 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 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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