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Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.8), WoS SCIE. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 0932-0784Verify ISSN ↗1865-7109Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$2,712 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematical Physics | 29 / 90 | 68th | Q2 |
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 120 / 248 | 51st | Q2 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 133 / 194 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1946–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.8.
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences is Q2 in Mathematical Physics (rank 29 of 90), Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (all) (rank 120 of 248) and Q3 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 133 of 194), by CiteScore 2025.
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.270, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 56.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,712 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.
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0932-0784 and its online ISSN is 1865-7109.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences has an h-index of 122 and a 2-year mean of 1.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #27 of 88 Scopus journals in Mathematical Physics.
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences published 106 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 145. 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 India (17.7%), Germany (15.4%) and China (11.8%).
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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