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Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0368-2048Verify ISSN ↗1873-2526Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$3,170 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiation | 23 / 75 | 70th | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 125 / 243 | 48th | Q3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 234 / 446 | 47th | Q3 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 170 / 318 | 46th | Q3 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 119 / 194 | 38th | Q3 |
| Spectroscopy | 50 / 81 | 38th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1972–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena is Q2 in Radiation (rank 23 of 75), Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 125 of 243) and Q3 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 234 of 446), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.489, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 109.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,170 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 Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0368-2048 and its online ISSN is 1873-2526.
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 Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena has an h-index of 161 and a 2-year mean of 1.44 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 62 Scopus journals in Radiation.
Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena published 42 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 116. 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 (2023–2026), authors are most often from Japan (14.1%), China (12.1%) and India (10.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.1 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.
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