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Physical Review Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by American Physical Society.
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ISSN 2643-1564Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Physical Society
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 45 / 248 | 82nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.6.
Physical Review Research is Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 45 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
Physical Review Research 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 6.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.387, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 95.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,625 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.
Physical Review Research is published by American Physical Society. Its ISSN is 2643-1564.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Physical Review Research has an h-index of 109 and a 2-year mean of 4.1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 235 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (all).
Physical Review Research published 1,817 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 2,047. 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.
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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