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Contributions to Plasma Physics

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · Germany · Est. 1981

ISSN1521-3986

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.357

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.585

Total Worksi

4,312

Total Citationsi

34,790

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Physics, Fluids & Plasmas; Condensed Matter Physics.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 110 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,312

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1521-3986

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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

138

874

2019

134

896

2020

121

499

2021

116

482

2022

240

2023

129

248

2024

111

106

2025

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Fluids & Plasmas

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter Physics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Magnetic confinement fusion researchDust and Plasma Wave PhenomenaPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasmaAtomic and Molecular PhysicsFusion materials and technologiesLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsPlasma Applications and Diagnostics

Frequently asked questions about Contributions to Plasma Physics

Is Contributions to Plasma Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contributions to Plasma Physics: 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 Contributions to Plasma Physics?

Contributions to Plasma Physics 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 0.92.

Is Contributions to Plasma Physics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contributions to Plasma Physics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contributions to Plasma Physics?