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Physical Review Applied

American Physical Society · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2331-7019eISSN2331-7019

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.253

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

1.199

Total Worksi

8,738

Total Citationsi

181,517

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.41

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Physical Review Applied is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes significant developments in applied science, including work at the interfaces of physics with engineering, materials science, chemistry, biology, and medicine. The journal publishes research in optoelectronics, condensed matter physics, qubits, imaging phantoms, and optics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,738

Publisher OrgAmerican Physical Society

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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?

American Physical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2331-7019 / 2331-7019

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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

927

32k

2019

29k

2020

837

18k

2021

932

16k

2022

996

14k

2023

931

7.6k

2024

1.1k

3.4k

2025

721

183

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Quantum Information and CryptographyQuantum and electron transport phenomenaMagnetic properties of thin filmsMechanical and Optical ResonatorsMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitecturePhotonic and Optical DevicesTopological Materials and PhenomenaQuantum optics and atomic interactionsPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Frequently asked questions about Physical Review Applied

Is Physical Review Applied a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physical Review Applied: 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 Physical Review Applied?

Physical Review Applied 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 3.41.

Is Physical Review Applied indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physical Review Applied is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.