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European Physical Journal A

Springer · Germany · Est. 1920

ISSN1434-6001eISSN1434-601X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.808

H-Indexi

229

SNIPi

1.071

Total Worksi

24,822

Total Citationsi

560,746

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The European Physical Journal A (EPJ A) is a single-blind peer-reviewed journal that presents new and original research results in experimental, theoretical and computational nuclear and hadronic physics, in a variety of formats, including also Reviews and Letters. The range of topics is extensive and encompasses all aspects of: Hadron Physics Nuclear and Quark Matter Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1920

Frequency12 No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications24,822

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle-blind

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1434-6001 / 1434-601X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single-blind

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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

250

5.2k

2019

306

5.1k

2020

353

4.1k

2021

270

2022

331

2.7k

2023

266

1.3k

2024

297

700

2025

186

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 PhysicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, NuclearPhysics, Particles & Fields

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nuclear physics research studiesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsAtomic and Molecular PhysicsNuclear Physics and ApplicationsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesPhysics and Engineering Research ArticlesAstronomical and nuclear sciences

Frequently asked questions about European Physical Journal A

Is European Physical Journal A a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Physical Journal A: 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 European Physical Journal A?

European Physical Journal A 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 2.35.

Is European Physical Journal A indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Physical Journal A is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.