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Plasma

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1972

ISSN2571-6182eISSN2571-6182
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
43
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS ESCI+10
Scopus Q2+18
DOAJ Verified+15
Total43
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
0.377
H-Index
22
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.876
Total Works
424
Total Citations
2,384
2yr Mean Citedness
3.04
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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Plasma provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of plasma science, such as plasma physics, plasma chemistry, and space plasma. It covers basic plasma phenomena, electron, ion, and plasma sources, and astrophysics and space plasma.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
10
weeks to review
Fast · median is 15 wks
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1972
Annual Volume~ 52 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications424
Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
OA Since2017
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~10 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No
📦 Long-term Preservation
Swiss LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/12 · 75%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2571-6182 / 2571-6182
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Swiss Library, CLOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
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.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Fluids & Plasmas

Scopus Categories

Engineering (miscellaneous)Materials Science (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plasma Applications and DiagnosticsPlasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid DynamicsMagnetic confinement fusion researchIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsDust and Plasma Wave PhenomenaLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasmaSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsParticle accelerators and beam dynamics
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref