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Journal of Physical Science is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.9), WoS ESCI. Published by Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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ISSN 1675-3402Verify ISSN ↗2180-4230Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 155 / 248 | 37th | Q3 |
| Materials Science (all) | 346 / 475 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.9.
Journal of Physical Science is Q3 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 155 of 248) and Q3 in Materials Science (all) (rank 346 of 475), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Physical Science 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 1.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 37th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.254, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 32.
Journal of Physical Science is published by Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia. Its print ISSN is 1675-3402 and its online ISSN is 2180-4230.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Physical Science has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 0.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #185 of 235 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (all).
Journal of Physical Science published 21 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 84. 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 92 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Malaysia (34.1%), Indonesia (12.3%) and Iraq (11.1%).
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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