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1970–2006
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Physical Review D
Physical Review D is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by American Institute of Physics.
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ISSN 0556-2821Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Scopus · Inactive
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Physical Review D indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1970–2006).
What is the impact factor of Physical Review D?
Physical Review D 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 Review D and what is its ISSN?
Physical Review D is published by American Institute of Physics. Its ISSN is 0556-2821.
Is Physical Review D in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Physical Review D open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Physical Review D for 37 years, between 1970 and 2006. Coverage ended in 2006, 20 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 76,553 works and 3,943,324 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2003, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2006, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Physical Review D? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Physical Review D has an h-index of 556 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
556
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
53,884
i10-index
76,553
works indexed
3,943,324
total citations
Physical Review D published 3,473 papers in 2015; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 3,563. 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 Review D? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2006. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2006
- Retracted papers 4 · 0.1 per 1,000 papers
- 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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