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Journal of High Energy Physics

Springer Verlag · Germany

ISSN1029-8479eISSN1029-8479

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

152

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 128d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.702

H-Indexi

375

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.22

Total Worksi

46,195

Total Citationsi

1,857,897

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) is a full open-access single-blind peer-reviewed journal, fully sponsored by SCOAP 3 and owned by the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA, Trieste, Italy). JHEP capitalises on the innovative advantages of the new media: rapidity of communication, broad diffusion and the ability to run and distribute a journal solely by electronic means.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications46,195

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1029-8479 / 1029-8479

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

2.3k

79k

2019

2.4k

69k

2020

2.8k

59k

2021

2.4k

39k

2022

2.6k

39k

2023

2.7k

25k

2024

2.6k

10k

2025

1.5k

870

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 PhysicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Particles & Fields

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Black Holes and Theoretical PhysicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

Frequently asked questions about Journal of High Energy Physics

Is Journal of High Energy Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of High Energy Physics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of High Energy Physics?

Journal of 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 5.00.

Is Journal of High Energy Physics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of High Energy Physics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of High Energy Physics?

How much does it cost to publish in Journal of High Energy Physics?

Journal of High Energy Physics is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.