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Physical Review Research

American Physical Society · United States · Est. 2019

ISSN2643-1564eISSN2643-1564

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 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

1.387

H-Indexi

105

SNIPi

1.169

Total Worksi

9,833

Total Citationsi

133,550

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Physical Review Research is a multidisciplinary open access journal covering all research topics of interest with a connection to physics. It publishes in physics, applied physics, materials science, condensed matter physics, quantum science, complex systems, computer science, and quantum.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,833

Publisher OrgAmerican Physical Society

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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%

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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?

2643-1564 / 2643-1564

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

344

12k

2019

56k

2020

1.3k

24k

2021

1.2k

20k

2022

1.2k

15k

2023

1.6k

12k

2024

1.8k

5.4k

2025

1.1k

393

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.

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Physics, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Quantum Information and CryptographyTopological Materials and PhenomenaQuantum many-body systemsQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum and electron transport phenomenaCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Frequently asked questions about Physical Review Research

Is Physical Review Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physical Review Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Physical Review Research?

Physical Review Research 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 3.48.

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

Physical Review Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.