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Current Applied Physics

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2001

ISSN1567-1739eISSN1878-1675

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.53

H-Index

110

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.7

Total Works

6,752

Total Citations

123,488

2yr Mean Citedness

2.87

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Current Applied Physics is an international interdisciplinary journal covering all applied science in physics, chemistry, and materials science, with their fundamental and engineering aspects. It investigates the physics of advanced materials for future applications, including spintronics, superconductivity, photonics, optoelectronics, spectroscopy, semiconductor device physics, nanoscale materials, plasma physics, dielectrics, organic electronics, energy-related materials, and biophysics.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 200 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,752

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1567-1739 / 1878-1675

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

ZnO doping and propertiesConducting polymers and applicationsSemiconductor materials and devicesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesGraphene research and applications