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New Journal of Physics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Institute of Physics.
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ISSN 1367-2630Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Physics
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 56 / 248 | 77th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.3.
New Journal of Physics is Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 56 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
New Journal of 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 5.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.785, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 225.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,610 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.
New Journal of Physics is published by Institute of Physics. Its ISSN is 1367-2630.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
New Journal of Physics has an h-index of 248 and a 2-year mean of 3.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #61 of 235 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (all).
New Journal of Physics published 407 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 686. 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 China (26.2%), United States (12.7%) and Germany (10.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 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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