Home›Search›Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

American Physical Society · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2469-9888eISSN2469-9888

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total58

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

0.62

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.344

Total Works

2,215

Total Citations

20,250

2yr Mean Citedness

1.74

Free JIF alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on the performance and mitigation of instabilities in particle accelerators, including the development of accelerating structures, resonance compensation schemes, bunch shaping techniques, and transverse instability suppression.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,215

Publisher OrgAmerican Physical Society

OA Since2015

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~23 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Physical Society

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2469-9888 / 2469-9888

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ2

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Surfaces and InterfacesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, NuclearPhysics, Particles & Fields

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSurfaces and InterfacesPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron LasersParticle accelerators and beam dynamicsGyrotron and Vacuum Electronics ResearchLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsAdvanced X-ray Imaging TechniquesSuperconducting Materials and ApplicationsMagnetic confinement fusion researchCrystallography and Radiation PhenomenaParticle Detector Development and PerformanceLaser-Matter Interactions and Applications