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Physica Scripta is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Institute of Physics.
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ISSN 0031-8949Verify ISSN ↗1402-4896Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Physics
Cost to publish: About US$2,400 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematical Physics | 20 / 90 | 78th | Q1 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 126 / 243 | 48th | Q3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 249 / 446 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.4.
Physica Scripta is Q1 in Mathematical Physics (rank 20 of 90), Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 126 of 243) and Q3 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 249 of 446), by CiteScore 2025.
Physica Scripta 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 3.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.393, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 94.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,400 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 Scripta is published by Institute of Physics. Its print ISSN is 0031-8949 and its online ISSN is 1402-4896.
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 Scripta has an h-index of 151 and a 2-year mean of 2.87 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #8 of 88 Scopus journals in Mathematical Physics.
Physica Scripta published 3,094 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 4,259. 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 (55.8%), India (10.2%) and Algeria (3.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 42 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 11 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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