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Physical Review X is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 23.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by American Physical Society.
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ISSN 2160-3308Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Physical Society
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 6 / 248 | 97th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 23.2.
Physical Review X is Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 6 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
Physical Review X 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 23.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 6.494, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 218.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,200 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 X is published by American Physical Society. Its ISSN is 2160-3308.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Physical Review X has an h-index of 212 and a 2-year mean of 10.27 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 23.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 235 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (all).
Physical Review X published 342 papers in 2025. 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 54 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (29.1%), China (17.2%) and Germany (12.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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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