Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Physics of Life Reviews is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 18.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1571-0645Verify ISSN ↗1873-1457Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$4,720 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 3 / 235 | 98th | Q1 |
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 11 / 248 | 95th | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 29 / 570 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 18.8.
Physics of Life Reviews is Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 3 of 235), Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 11 of 248) and Q1 in Artificial Intelligence (rank 29 of 570), by CiteScore 2025.
Physics of Life Reviews 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 18.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.064, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 85.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,720 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.
Physics of Life Reviews is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1571-0645 and its online ISSN is 1873-1457.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Physics of Life Reviews has an h-index of 96 and a 2-year mean of 3.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 18.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 224 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all).
Physics of Life Reviews published 157 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 194. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (26.9%), United States (12.1%) and United Kingdom (9.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
Comments load as you scroll here.