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Physical Review E

American Physical Society · United States · Est. 1873

ISSN2470-0045eISSN2470-0053

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.679

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

0.884

Total Worksi

20,837

Total Citationsi

269,813

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Physical Review E is a journal focusing on collective phenomena of many-body systems. Its scope covers condensed matter physics, statistical and nonlinear physics, phase transitions, optics, mechanics, biological physics, soft matter physics, solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, and plasma physics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1873

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications20,837

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?

2470-0045 / 2470-0053

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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

2.1k

39k

2019

33k

2020

1.9k

22k

2021

1.8k

16k

2022

1.6k

12k

2023

1.7k

8.7k

2024

2.1k

4.3k

2025

1.3k

353

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.

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ2

Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsQ2

Statistics and ProbabilityQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Fluids & PlasmasPhysics, Mathematical

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsStatistics and Probability

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Theoretical and Computational PhysicsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationMaterial Dynamics and Propertiesstochastic dynamics and bifurcationComplex Network Analysis TechniquesMicro and Nano RoboticsOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceQuantum many-body systemsStochastic processes and statistical mechanics

Frequently asked questions about Physical Review E

Is Physical Review E a predatory journal?

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

Physical Review E 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 2.20.

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

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