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Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

International Union of Crystallography · United Kingdom

ISSN1600-5775

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.937

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

1.387

Total Worksi

5,150

Total Citationsi

136,244

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Instruments & Instrumentation; Optics; Physics, Applied; Instrumentation; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; Radiation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications5,150

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Library of Congress; National Digital Preservation Program, ChinaScholars PortalCLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Union of Crystallography

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1600-5775

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Library of Congress; National Digital Preservation Program, China, Scholars Portal, CLOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

267

4.1k

2019

237

4.3k

2020

227

2.9k

2021

196

2.2k

2022

129

1.1k

2023

208

866

2024

175

333

2025

139

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.

InstrumentationQ1

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ1

RadiationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Instruments & InstrumentationOpticsPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiationInstrumentation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced X-ray Imaging TechniquesX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence AnalysisEnzyme Structure and FunctionParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron LasersCrystallography and Radiation PhenomenaElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsX-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

Is Journal of Synchrotron Radiation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Synchrotron Radiation: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Journal of Synchrotron Radiation?

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 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 Journal of Synchrotron Radiation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation?