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Quantum is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften.
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ISSN 2521-327XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 5 / 88 | 94th | Q1 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 34 / 243 | 86th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.9.
Quantum is Q1 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 5 of 88) and Q1 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 34 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Quantum 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 8.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.068, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 80.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$215 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.
Quantum is published by Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften. Its ISSN is 2521-327X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Quantum has an h-index of 99 and a 2-year mean of 6.03 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 87 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).
Quantum published 386 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 (21.1%), Canada (10%) and Germany (9.5%).
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.
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