Chinese Physics C

Chinese Physics C is published by IOP Publishing Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nuclear and High Energy Physics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Chinese Physics C is an international, peer-reviewed, English-language journal focusing on the latest developments and achievements in high energy and nuclear physics. It is sponsored by the Chinese Physical Society, and supported by the Institute of High Energy Physics and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Internationally, it is published in partnership with IOP Publishing. Since publication of its first issue in 1977, it has been one of China’s leading journals in high energy and nuclear physics, and continues to grow in international impact and recognition. Since 2012, it has been a member of the SCOAP3 Consortium. The 2025 Clarivate Analytics JCR Impact Factor is 3.1. The journal publishes original research papers, letters and reviews, covering theory and experiments in the fields of particle physics, nuclear physics, particle and nuclear astrophysics, and cosmology. Papers published in the Letters section, which carries short reports on important recent results, have a publication time of 1 – 2 months. Important breakthroughs are given high priority for publication in this section. Regular papers are usually published within 3 – 4 months of submission, with preprint versions available online in the “Just Accepted” section shortly after acceptance. The journal board is composed of about fifty distinguished physicists, responsible for overseeing the scientific quality of the journal. A team of experienced professional editors keeps a high level of production quality. Chinese Physics C is indexed in all the authoritative indexing systems in China, and major international indexing systems including SCI-E, SCI-CC, Scopus, Inspec, Physics Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, JICST (Japan) and РЖ (Russia). Articles published in Chinese Physics C have been widely cited within China, with a number of these selected for national awards as well as provincial and ministry-level prizes. The journal has been awarded the Chinese Academy of Sciences “Excellent Journal” award multiple times, and is recognized as one of China’s top one hundred key scientific periodicals by the General Administration of News and Publications.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Physics, Nuclear

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

INSPECCASPublisher website

Other: Physics Abstracts, JICST (Japan), РЖ (Russia)

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Impact

Impact factor

2.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Impact factor (publisher) 2023

3.6Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Impact factor (publisher) 2022

3.6Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Impact factor (publisher) 2021

2.94Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

5.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.77LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.81LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

30LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

67OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,079OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.65OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

10%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

60.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

361LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average acceptance (community reports)

75%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

24 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd.

Country or region

PEOPLES R CHINA

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1977

ISSN

1674-1137

Electronic ISSN

2058-6132

Official links

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