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Applied Physics Letters

American Institute of Physics · United States

ISSN1077-3118

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.856

H-Indexi

556

SNIPi

1.001

Total Worksi

140,773

Total Citationsi

6,063,577

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyWeekly, 1986-

StatusActive

Total Publications140,773

Publisher OrgAmerican Institute 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?

American Institute of Physics

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1077-3118

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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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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

48k

2019

2.2k

49k

2020

2.4k

44k

2021

2.1k

29k

2022

2.4k

27k

2023

2.7k

20k

2024

2.8k

8.7k

2025

680

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesSemiconductor materials and devicesPhotonic and Optical DevicesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsZnO doping and properties

Frequently asked questions about Applied Physics Letters

Is Applied Physics Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Physics 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.

What is the impact factor of Applied Physics Letters?

Applied Physics 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 3.37.

Is Applied Physics Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Physics Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Applied Physics Letters?