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Russian Physics Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1.1), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer New York.
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ISSN 1064-8887Verify ISSN ↗1573-9228Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer New York
Cost to publish: About US$3,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 191 / 248 | 23rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present (also 1992–2003, 1990), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.1.
Russian Physics Journal is Q4 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 191 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
Russian Physics Journal 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 1.1, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 23rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.231, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 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.
Russian Physics Journal is published by Springer New York. Its print ISSN is 1064-8887 and its online ISSN is 1573-9228.
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.
Russian Physics Journal has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 1.2 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #138 of 235 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (all).
Russian Physics Journal published 312 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 360. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Russia (51.5%), Iraq (15.5%) and India (14.4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (0.4 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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