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Physical Review Physics Education Research

American Physical Society · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2469-9896eISSN2469-9896

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

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

210

days submission → published

measured · last 14 articles

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.586

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.303

Total Worksi

1,119

Total Citationsi

21,442

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Education, Scientific Disciplines; Education; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,119

Publisher OrgAmerican Physical Society

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~32 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

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Physical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2469-9896 / 2469-9896

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

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

Citations received

103

3.3k

2019

117

2.9k

2020

109

2021

104

1.5k

2022

123

1.5k

2023

117

779

2024

145

351

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.

EducationQ1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchEducation, Scientific Disciplines

Scopus Categories

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Science Education and PedagogyEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesInnovative Teaching MethodsCareer Development and DiversityExperimental Learning in EngineeringEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessExperimental and Theoretical Physics StudiesVisual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Frequently asked questions about Physical Review Physics Education Research

Is Physical Review Physics Education Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physical Review Physics Education Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Physical Review Physics Education Research?

Physical Review Physics Education Research 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 3.19.

Is Physical Review Physics Education Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physical Review Physics Education Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Physical Review Physics Education Research?