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European Physical Journal B

Springer New York · Germany · Est. 1962

ISSN1434-6028eISSN1434-6036

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.317

H-Indexi

188

SNIPi

0.625

Total Worksi

15,241

Total Citationsi

351,388

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The scope of EPJB spans the fields of Condensed Matter, Quantum Materials and Low-Dimensional Systems, as well as Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems. A non-exhaustive list of subtopics in each field is given in the Aims & Scope. EPJB publishes Research Articles, Colloquia, Topical Reviews, Roadmap Articles and Perspective Articles and welcomes theoretical and/or experimental submissions.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1962

Annual Volume~ 213 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,241

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1434-6028 / 1434-6036

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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

287

2.6k

2019

228

2.1k

2020

251

2.3k

2021

208

1.4k

2022

168

801

2023

210

872

2024

261

643

2025

128

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 PhysicsQ3

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Condensed Matter

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Physics of Superconductivity and MagnetismTheoretical and Computational PhysicsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsMagnetic properties of thin filmsRare-earth and actinide compoundsAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationComplex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Frequently asked questions about European Physical Journal B

Is European Physical Journal B a predatory journal?

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

European Physical Journal B 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 2.13.

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

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