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npj Microgravity

npj Microgravity is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Nature Publishing Group.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2373-8065Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

Scopus · Q1WoS · SCIEOpen Access

7.5

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 22 of 253 · 91st pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2015–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

CiteScore

7.5

SJR · SCImago

1.124

Q1 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q1 · 91st pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)	22 / 253	91st	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	64 / 466	86th	Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	13 / 88	85th	Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	21 / 144	85th	Q1
Space and Planetary Science	21 / 105	80th	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	70 / 256	72nd	Q2

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Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)

Collections

SCIE

Quick answers

Is npj Microgravity indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.5.

What quartile is npj Microgravity in Scopus?

npj Microgravity is Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 22 of 253), Q1 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 64 of 466) and Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 13 of 88), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of npj Microgravity?

npj Microgravity 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 7.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.124, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 48.

How much does it cost to publish in npj Microgravity?

The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,690 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.

Who publishes npj Microgravity and what is its ISSN?

npj Microgravity is published by Nature Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2373-8065.

Is npj Microgravity in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

Is npj Microgravity open access?

Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.

How well cited is npj Microgravity? — open metrics via OpenAlex

npj Microgravity has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 4.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #19 of 243 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous).

h-index

4.63

2-yr mean citations

338

i10-index

696

works indexed

14,750

total citations

Publication fee · open access list price, US$

US$3,690

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#19 of 243 Top 8% Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

#56 of 451 Top 13% Medicine (miscellaneous)

#10 of 87 Top 12% Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Papers published per year

npj Microgravity published 98 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 115. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Spaceflight effects on biologySpace Exploration and TechnologyHigh Altitude and HypoxiaPlanetary Science and Exploration

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.

Who publishes in npj Microgravity? — latest 99 articles, 2026

In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (39.1%), China (15.2%) and France (6.3%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for npj Microgravity? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

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.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged

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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ DOAJ ↗ ISSN Portal · 2373-8065 ↗

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