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Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters

Pleiades Publishing · United States · Est. 2000

ISSN1531-8567

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.215

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.501

Total Worksi

2,952

Total Citationsi

8,793

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Physics, Particles & Fields; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; Radiation; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 254 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,952

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

Region🌍 Global South

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?

Pleiades Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1531-8567

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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

135

551

2019

149

502

2020

311

2021

133

243

2022

284

355

2023

205

219

2024

272

108

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.

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ3

RadiationQ3

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ4

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Particles & Fields

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchNuclear Physics and ApplicationsParticle accelerators and beam dynamicsParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron LasersNuclear physics research studiesParticle Detector Development and PerformanceBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters

Is Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters: 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 Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters?

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters 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 0.47.

Is Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters?