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EPJ Applied Physics

EDP Sciences · France · Est. 1987

ISSN1286-0042eISSN1286-0050

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.215

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.292

Total Worksi

3,817

Total Citationsi

38,687

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Physics, Applied; Condensed Matter Physics; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Instrumentation.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,817

Publisher OrgEDP Sciences

Submission Info

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

EDP Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1286-0042 / 1286-0050

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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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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

639

2019

127

798

2020

201

2021

379

2022

166

2023

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.

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ4

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ4

InstrumentationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsInstrumentationElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Semiconductor materials and devicesPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsPlasma Applications and DiagnosticsZnO doping and propertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesSemiconductor materials and interfacesOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsMetal and Thin Film MechanicsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Frequently asked questions about EPJ Applied Physics

Is EPJ Applied Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for EPJ Applied Physics: 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 EPJ Applied Physics?

EPJ Applied 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 1.13.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of EPJ Applied Physics?