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Phase Transitions

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN1029-0338

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

140

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 135d

SJR Rank

Top 75% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.245

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.555

Total Worksi

3,964

Total Citationsi

42,832

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Phase Transitions is a journal devoted exclusively to the subject of phase transitions. It provides a focus for papers on most aspects of phase transitions in condensed matter, with an emphasis on experimental work, but also welcoming theoretical papers that bear on experimental results.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,964

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1029-0338

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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

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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

105

816

2019

829

2020

738

2021

363

2022

229

2023

124

2024

2025

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.

InstrumentationQ3

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CrystallographyPhysics, Condensed Matter

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Instrumentation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallographyFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsTheoretical and Computational PhysicsMultiferroics and related materials

Frequently asked questions about Phase Transitions

Is Phase Transitions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Phase Transitions: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Phase Transitions?

Phase Transitions 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 1.01.

Is Phase Transitions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Phase Transitions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.