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Journal of Applied Physics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by American Institute of Physics.
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ISSN 0021-8979Verify ISSN ↗1089-7550Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Cost to publish: About US$3,500 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 26 / 88 | 71st | Q2 |
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 76 / 248 | 69th | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 103 / 243 | 57th | Q2 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 190 / 446 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1931–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.4.
Journal of Applied Physics is Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 26 of 88), Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 76 of 248) and Q2 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 103 of 243), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.528, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 368.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,500 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.
Journal of Applied Physics is published by American Institute of Physics. Its print ISSN is 0021-8979 and its online ISSN is 1089-7550.
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.
Journal of Applied Physics has an h-index of 531 and a 2-year mean of 3.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 87 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).
Journal of Applied Physics published 1,948 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 2,306. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (37.3%), United States (24.8%) and India (9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 52 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 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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