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Physical Review D

American Physical Society · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2470-0010eISSN2470-0029

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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.272

H-Indexi

224

SNIPi

1.225

Total Worksi

42,495

Total Citationsi

954,757

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Physical Review D is a journal covering elementary particle physics, field theory, gravitation, and cosmology. It also publishes research in the fields of particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyBiweekly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications42,495

Publisher OrgAmerican Physical Society

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?

2470-0010 / 2470-0029

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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

3.7k

133k

2019

3.9k

132k

2020

4.1k

101k

2021

4.1k

71k

2022

4.3k

65k

2023

4.8k

51k

2024

5.6k

25k

2025

3.8k

2.3k

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.

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & AstrophysicsPhysics, Particles & Fields

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cosmology and Gravitation TheoriesParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchDark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity TheoriesNeutrino Physics ResearchAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Frequently asked questions about Physical Review D

Is Physical Review D a predatory journal?

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

Physical Review D 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 4.94.

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

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