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Quantum Beam Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2412-382XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 39 / 97 | 60th | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 131 / 243 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.
Quantum Beam Science is Q2 in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (rank 39 of 97) and Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 131 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Quantum Beam Science 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 3.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.307, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 20.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,930 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 Beam Science is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2412-382X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Quantum Beam Science has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 1.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #38 of 90 Scopus journals in Nuclear and High Energy Physics.
Quantum Beam Science published 36 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 44. 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 (2023–2026), authors are most often from Japan (17.5%), China (14.1%) and United States (12.3%).
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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