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Physical Review Materials

American Physical Society · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2475-9953eISSN2475-9953

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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?

157

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.892

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.002

Total Worksi

6,107

Total Citationsi

90,866

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,107

Publisher OrgAmerican Physical Society

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

2475-9953 / 2475-9953

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

783

20k

2019

746

14k

2020

725

11k

2021

699

8.7k

2022

630

5.8k

2023

627

3.4k

2024

661

2025

320

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.

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics2D Materials and ApplicationsElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesTopological Materials and PhenomenaMultiferroics and related materialsGraphene research and applicationsMagnetic properties of thin filmsPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismMachine Learning in Materials Science

Frequently asked questions about Physical Review Materials

Is Physical Review Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physical Review Materials: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Physical Review Materials?

Physical Review Materials 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 2.57.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Physical Review Materials?