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Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica

Science Press · China · Est. 2010

ISSN2095-9478

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.182

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.249

Total Worksi

2,913

Total Citationsi

6,204

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics, Multidisciplinary; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageChinese

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 226 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,913

Publisher OrgScience China Press

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Science Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2095-9478

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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?

Chinese

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

131

452

2019

137

557

2020

199

385

2021

170

361

2022

197

244

2023

224

198

2024

256

144

2025

208

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.

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & AstrophysicsPhysics, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisMilitary Technology and StrategiesLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesQuantum Information and CryptographyRadio Astronomy Observations and TechnologyPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchNuclear physics research studiesAstro and Planetary ScienceQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureGeophysics and Gravity Measurements

Frequently asked questions about Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica

Is Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica: 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 Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica?

Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica 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 0.40.

Is Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica?