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Physics Education

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0031-9120

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Norwegian Register Level 278

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

106

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 84d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.491

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

0031-9120

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

913

2019

227

1.2k

2020

258

930

2021

222

544

2022

179

700

2023

261

466

2024

258

144

2025

169

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. 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?