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Physiological Reports is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc..
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ISSN 2051-817XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiology (medical) | 72 / 117 | 38th | Q3 |
| Physiology | 140 / 196 | 28th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.1.
Physiological Reports is Q3 in Physiology (medical) (rank 72 of 117) and Q3 in Physiology (rank 140 of 196), by CiteScore 2025.
Physiological Reports 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 3.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 38th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.707, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 72.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,050 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.
Physiological Reports is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Its ISSN is 2051-817X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Physiological Reports has an h-index of 83 and a 2-year mean of 2.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #51 of 117 Scopus journals in Physiology (medical).
Physiological Reports published 593 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (35.2%), Japan (14.6%) and Canada (6.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 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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