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Journal of Electric Propulsion is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.7), WoS ESCI. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 2731-4596Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
Cost to publish: About US$1,490 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 31 / 88 | 65th | Q2 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 63 / 169 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 317 / 740 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.7.
Journal of Electric Propulsion is Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 31 of 88), Q2 in Aerospace Engineering (rank 63 of 169) and Q2 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 317 of 740), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Electric Propulsion is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 3.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 65th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.622, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 12.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,490 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 Electric Propulsion is published by Springer Nature. Its ISSN is 2731-4596.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Electric Propulsion has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 2.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 87 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).
Journal of Electric Propulsion published 77 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (38.8%), Japan (15.3%) and Germany (14.6%).
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.
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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