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1998–2015
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Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams is not currently indexed in Scopus, DOAJ. Published by American Physical Society.
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ISSN 1098-4402Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Physical Society
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Quick answers
Is Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1998–2015).
What is the impact factor of Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams?
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 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 Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams and what is its ISSN?
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams is published by American Physical Society. Its ISSN is 1098-4402.
Is Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams for 18 years, between 1998 and 2015. Coverage ended in 2015, 11 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 2,417 works and 57,229 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2017, 2 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2015. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams has an h-index of 89 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
89
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
1,468
i10-index
2,417
works indexed
57,229
total citations
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams published 1 papers in 2017; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 218. 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 Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2015. 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 2015
- 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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