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European Journal of Physics

Institute of Physics · United Kingdom

ISSN0143-0807eISSN1361-6404

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 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

0.389

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.798

Total Worksi

5,829

Total Citationsi

58,406

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The European Journal of Physics is aimed at assisting in maintaining and enhancing the standards of physics education in universities and other higher education institutions. It serves as an introduction for the physics education community to topics such as the functioning of large language models (LLMs) and prompt-engineering techniques.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications5,829

Publisher OrgIOP Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewsingle-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Physics

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0143-0807 / 1361-6404

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

✅

Peer review process documented?

single-blind peer review

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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

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

169

951

2019

284

1.5k

2020

226

767

2021

140

541

2022

118

424

2023

173

340

2024

181

113

2025

191

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

Web of Science Categories

Education, Scientific DisciplinesPhysics, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

EducationPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Experimental and Theoretical Physics StudiesQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsQuantum and Classical ElectrodynamicsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsRelativity and Gravitational Theory

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Physics

Is European Journal of Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Journal of Physics: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 European Journal of Physics?

European Journal of Physics 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 0.79.

Is European Journal of Physics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Journal of Physics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.