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Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Royal Society Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1908

ISSN1364-5021eISSN1471-2946

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.735

H-Indexi

181

SNIPi

1.307

Total Worksi

6,889

Total Citationsi

252,682

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Multidisciplinary Sciences; Engineering (miscellaneous); Mathematics (miscellaneous); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1908

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,889

Publisher OrgRoyal Society

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1364-5021 / 1471-2946

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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

260

5.4k

2019

346

8.2k

2020

297

4.3k

2021

261

3.5k

2022

244

2.1k

2023

247

1.3k

2024

374

702

2025

190

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.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Engineering (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsComposite Material MechanicsNonlinear Waves and SolitonsNumerical methods in engineeringAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringElasticity and Material ModelingAdvanced Materials and MechanicsNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationAcoustic Wave Phenomena ResearchNonlinear Photonic Systems

Frequently asked questions about Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Is Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences: 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 Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences?

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 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 2.17.

Is Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences?