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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

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 ↗

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.249

H-Indexi

446

SNIPi

1.257

Total Worksi

67,373

Total Citationsi

2,553,418

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency108Y

StatusActive

Total Publications67,373

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

10/11 · 91%

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

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

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

856

27k

2019

839

22k

2020

746

14k

2021

694

10k

2022

765

10k

2023

792

6.6k

2024

892

3.6k

2025

751

417

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Is Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics?

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy 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 3.91.

Is Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics?