Home›Search›SciPost Physics Lecture Notes

SciPost Physics Lecture Notes

SciPost Foundation · Netherlands · Est. 2016

ISSN2590-1990

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

1.887

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.344

Total Worksi

123

Total Citationsi

2,989

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Condensed Matter Physics; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications123

Publisher OrgSciPost.org

OA Since2017

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

SciPost Foundation

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2590-1990

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Open

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

556

2019

491

2020

570

2021

686

2022

204

2023

153

2024

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.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ1

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ1

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ1

Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsStatistical and Nonlinear Physics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Quantum many-body systemsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureDark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaTopological Materials and PhenomenaPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Frequently asked questions about SciPost Physics Lecture Notes

Is SciPost Physics Lecture Notes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SciPost Physics Lecture Notes: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 SciPost Physics Lecture Notes?

SciPost Physics Lecture Notes is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.887.

Is SciPost Physics Lecture Notes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SciPost Physics Lecture Notes is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of SciPost Physics Lecture Notes?