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Europhysics Letters

Q: Is Europhysics Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Europhysics Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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.

Q: What is the impact factor of Europhysics Letters?

Europhysics Letters 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 1.90.

Q: Is Europhysics Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Europhysics Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0295-5075eISSN1286-4854

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.425

H-Indexi

228

SNIPi

0.59

Total Worksi

22,235

Total Citationsi

591,779

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Physics, Multidisciplinary; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySemimonthly, <July 1, 1997-

StatusActive

Total Publications22,235

Publisher OrgInstitute of Physics

Visit Journal Website

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?

0295-5075 / 1286-4854

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

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

446

2019

525

5.1k

2020

488

3.8k

2021

358

2.3k

2022

349

2023

302

1.2k

2024

305

468

2025

227

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.

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Theoretical and Computational PhysicsPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismQuantum and electron transport phenomenaMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Frequently asked questions about Europhysics Letters

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