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Physica Medica is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1120-1797Verify ISSN ↗1724-191XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica
Cost to publish: About US$2,780 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 82 / 248 | 67th | Q2 |
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 125 / 361 | 65th | Q2 |
| Biophysics | 76 / 155 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1989–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.2.
Physica Medica is Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 82 of 248), Q2 in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (rank 125 of 361) and Q2 in Biophysics (rank 76 of 155), by CiteScore 2025.
Physica Medica 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 4.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 67th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.638, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 80.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,780 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.
Physica Medica is published by Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica. Its print ISSN is 1120-1797 and its online ISSN is 1724-191X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Physica Medica has an h-index of 88 and a 2-year mean of 0.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #191 of 235 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (all).
Physica Medica published 361 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 1,326. 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 33 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Italy (24.5%), Spain (12.7%) and United States (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 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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