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Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1975

ISSN1361-6587

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.985

H-Indexi

143

SNIPi

1.085

Total Worksi

9,660

Total Citationsi

209,307

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Physics, Fluids & Plasmas; Condensed Matter Physics; Nuclear Energy and Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,660

Publisher OrgIOP Publishing

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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?

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1361-6587

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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?

N/A

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

311

4.7k

2019

285

3.6k

2020

309

3.1k

2021

246

2.2k

2022

231

1.5k

2023

276

1.3k

2024

417

857

2025

351

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 PhysicsQ1

Nuclear Energy and EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Fluids & Plasmas

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsNuclear Energy and Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Magnetic confinement fusion researchIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsFusion materials and technologiesSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsParticle accelerators and beam dynamicsPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsSuperconducting Materials and ApplicationsLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasmaDust and Plasma Wave Phenomena

Frequently asked questions about Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Is Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion: 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 Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion?

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 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 1.87.

Is Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion?