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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
1999 (also 1992–1993, 1990, 1988, 1981–1982, 1979, 1975–1977, 1970–1973, 1968, 1965–1966)
Source type
Book Series
Open access
No
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Physical Acoustics
Physical Acoustics is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Academic Press Inc..
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ISSN 0893-388XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Scopus · Inactive
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Physical Acoustics indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1999 (also 1992–1993, 1990, 1988, 1981–1982, 1979, 1975–1977, 1970–1973, 1968, 1965–1966)).
What is the impact factor of Physical Acoustics?
Physical Acoustics has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Physical Acoustics and what is its ISSN?
Physical Acoustics is published by Academic Press Inc. Its ISSN is 0893-388X.
Is Physical Acoustics in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Physical Acoustics open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Physical Acoustics for 18 years, between 1965 and 1999, with 17 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 1999, 27 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 494 works and 6,681 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1999, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 1999, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Physical Acoustics? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Physical Acoustics has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
39
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
98
i10-index
494
works indexed
6,681
total citations
Physical Acoustics published 37 papers in 1999; its busiest recent year was 1991 with 97. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Physical Acoustics? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1999. 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 statusInactive — coverage ended 1999
- 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.
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