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Journal of Low Temperature Physics is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer New York.
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ISSN 0022-2291Verify ISSN ↗1573-7357Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer New York
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 151 / 243 | 38th | Q3 |
| Materials Science (all) | 310 / 475 | 34th | Q3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 294 / 446 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1969–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.5.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics is Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 151 of 243), Q3 in Materials Science (all) (rank 310 of 475) and Q3 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 294 of 446), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Low Temperature 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 38th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.384, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 74.
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.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics is published by Springer New York. Its print ISSN is 0022-2291 and its online ISSN is 1573-7357.
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 Low Temperature Physics has an h-index of 124 and a 2-year mean of 1.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #123 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics published 99 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 284. 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 (2026), authors are most often from Japan (20.4%), China (18.2%) and United States (6.5%).
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.
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