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npj Quantum Materials is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Nature Publishing Group.
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ISSN 2397-4648Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condensed Matter Physics | 33 / 446 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 41 / 318 | 87th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.8.
npj Quantum Materials is Q1 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 33 of 446) and Q1 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 41 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
npj Quantum Materials 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 10.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.285, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 63.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,890 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.
npj Quantum Materials is published by Nature Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2397-4648.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
npj Quantum Materials has an h-index of 70 and a 2-year mean of 6.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #39 of 425 Scopus journals in Condensed Matter Physics.
npj Quantum Materials published 121 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 125. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (21.7%), China (18.7%) and Germany (11.5%).
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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