Journal profile · NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY-MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
AIP Advances
ISSN 2158-3226 · American Institute of Physics · UNITED STATES · Continuous publication · Founded 2011
AIP Advances: CAS Zone 4 · Multidisciplinary (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.63; fully open access; APC about USD 1,800; review 2–4 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 1,762 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AIP Advances is an open access, multidisciplinary journal covering all areas of the physical sciences — experimental, theoretical, and applied.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY-MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Magnetic properties of thin filmsPhysics and Astronomy10.2%
- Magnetic Properties and ApplicationsMaterials Science6.4%
- ZnO doping and propertiesMaterials Science6.2%
- Semiconductor materials and devicesEngineering5.6%
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMaterials Science5.3%
- Graphene research and applicationsMaterials Science4.8%
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsPhysics and Astronomy4%
- Multiferroics and related materialsMaterials Science3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Multidisciplinary Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Multidisciplinary Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.63LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 105OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,784OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.79%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,745LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 19,276 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 265 |
| 2025 | 1,762 | 1,762 | 3,221 |
| 2024 | 1,856 | 1,856 | 8,382 |
| 2023 | 1,547 | 1,547 | 7,432 |
| 2022 | 1,381 | 1,381 | 8,407 |
| 2021 | 1,516 | 1,516 | 13,341 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 7 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 2–4 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,800 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,350 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Continuous publication
- Founded
- 2011
- ISSN
- 2158-3226
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 8 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AIP Advances
What CAS zone is AIP Advances in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AIP Advances is in Zone 4 of Multidisciplinary, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Multidisciplinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Multidisciplinary. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AIP Advances?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.63; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 105.
How long does peer review take at AIP Advances?
Authors report an average review time of 2–4 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index AIP Advances?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AIP Advances is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is AIP Advances open access, and what is the APC?
AIP Advances is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,800.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .