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Particles is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2571-712XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 38 / 88 | 57th | Q2 |
| Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 42 / 97 | 57th | Q2 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 45 / 97 | 54th | Q2 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.
Particles is Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 38 of 88), Q2 in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (rank 42 of 97) and Q2 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 45 of 97), by CiteScore 2025.
Particles 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 3.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 57th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.684, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 19.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,930 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.
Particles is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2571-712X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Particles has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 1.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #43 of 87 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).
Particles published 104 papers in 2025. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Italy (23.8%), China (17.5%) 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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