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Physics of Life Reviews

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1956

ISSN1873-1457

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.064

H-Indexi

SNIPi

4.191

Total Worksi

1,949

Total Citationsi

35,986

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology; Biophysics; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Artificial Intelligence; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1956

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,949

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-1457

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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

144

2.4k

2019

560

2020

542

2021

1.1k

2022

194

1.3k

2023

145

938

2024

157

388

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Artificial IntelligenceQ1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BiologyBiophysics

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Artificial IntelligencePhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural dynamics and brain functionAction Observation and SynchronizationEmbodied and Extended CognitionLanguage and cultural evolutionFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationNeuroscience and Music PerceptionAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Physics of Life Reviews

Is Physics of Life Reviews a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physics of Life Reviews: 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 Life Reviews?

Physics of Life Reviews 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 3.08.

Is Physics of Life Reviews indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physics of Life Reviews is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physics of Life Reviews?