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Physics Education

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0031-9120

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.491

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.988

Total Worksi

8,360

Total Citationsi

36,939

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 233 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications8,360

Publisher OrgIOP Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0031-9120

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

215

930

2019

227

1.2k

2020

258

947

2021

223

561

2022

179

724

2023

261

503

2024

260

175

2025

225

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EducationQ2

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Experimental and Theoretical Physics StudiesScience Education and PedagogyExperimental Learning in EngineeringInnovative Teaching MethodsSports Dynamics and Biomechanics

Frequently asked questions about Physics Education

Is Physics Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physics Education: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Physics Education?

Physics Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.491.

Is Physics Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physics Education is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physics Education?