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European Physical Journal D

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1986

ISSN1434-6060eISSN1434-6079

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.318

H-Indexi

100

SNIPi

0.655

Total Worksi

8,094

Total Citationsi

112,893

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

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Aims & Scope

The European Physical Journal D (EPJD) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing advances in atomic, molecular, chemical optical, and plasma physics. The journal publishes Colloquia, Topical Reviews, Roadmap Articles, Perspective Articles and original Research Articles.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

Annual Volume~ 178 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,094

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

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 New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1434-6060 / 1434-6079

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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

274

2019

243

2.6k

2020

323

2.5k

2021

260

1.3k

2022

214

2023

158

515

2024

163

210

2025

132

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.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OpticsPhysics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical

Scopus Categories

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Atomic and Molecular PhysicsAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum optics and atomic interactionsLaser-Matter Interactions and ApplicationsQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsMass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasmaQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

Frequently asked questions about European Physical Journal D

Is European Physical Journal D a predatory journal?

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

European Physical Journal D 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 1.52.

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

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