Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Inverse Problems is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Institute of Physics.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0266-5611Verify ISSN ↗1361-6420Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Physics
Cost to publish: About US$3,325 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematical Physics | 21 / 90 | 77th | Q1 |
| Applied Mathematics | 203 / 680 | 70th | Q2 |
| Theoretical Computer Science | 55 / 135 | 59th | Q2 |
| Signal Processing | 85 / 203 | 58th | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 507 / 1022 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.4.
Inverse Problems is Q1 in Mathematical Physics (rank 21 of 90), Q2 in Applied Mathematics (rank 203 of 680) and Q2 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 55 of 135), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Inverse Problems 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 3.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.926, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 137.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,325 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.
Inverse Problems is published by Institute of Physics. Its print ISSN is 0266-5611 and its online ISSN is 1361-6420.
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.
Inverse Problems has an h-index of 163 and a 2-year mean of 2.06 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #23 of 88 Scopus journals in Mathematical Physics.
Inverse Problems published 175 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 210. 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 (30.9%), United States (14.8%) and Germany (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.4 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.
Comments load as you scroll here.