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Review of Scientific Instruments

American Institute of Physics · United States

ISSN0034-6748eISSN1089-7623

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.422

H-Indexi

249

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.863

Total Worksi

57,331

Total Citationsi

994,519

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Instruments & Instrumentation; Physics, Applied; Instrumentation; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications57,331

Publisher OrgAmerican Institute of Physics

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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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Institute of Physics

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0034-6748 / 1089-7623

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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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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

13k

2019

11k

2020

1.1k

8.4k

2021

921

5.4k

2022

893

4.6k

2023

999

2.8k

2024

786

856

2025

393

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.

InstrumentationQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Instruments & InstrumentationPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

InstrumentationMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Magnetic confinement fusion researchParticle accelerators and beam dynamicsPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsNuclear Physics and ApplicationsLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

Frequently asked questions about Review of Scientific Instruments

Is Review of Scientific Instruments a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Review of Scientific Instruments: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Review of Scientific Instruments?

Review of Scientific Instruments is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.50.

Is Review of Scientific Instruments indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Review of Scientific Instruments is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Review of Scientific Instruments?