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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0370-2693eISSN1873-2445

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total65

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.383

H-Index

446

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.257

Total Works

67,373

Total Citations

2,553,418

2yr Mean Citedness

3.91

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Physics. Topics: nuclear physics, particle physics

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 817 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications67,373

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~23 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0370-2693 / 1873-2445

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & AstrophysicsPhysics, NuclearPhysics, Particles & Fields

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchCosmology and Gravitation Theories