Computer Physics Communications

Computer Physics Communications is published by Elsevier 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 Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, together about 22.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nuclear and High Energy Physics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

An International Journal and Program Library for Computational PhysicsVisit the International Computer Program Library on Mendeley Data.Computer Physics Communications publishes research papers and application software in the broad field of computational physics; current areas of particular interest are reflected by the research interests and expertise of the CPC Editorial Board.The focus of CPC is on contemporary computational methods and techniques and their implementation, the effectiveness of which will normally be evidenced by the author(s) within the context of a substantive problem in physics. Within this setting CPC publishes two types of paper.Computer Programs in Physics (CPiP) These papers describe significant computer programs to be archived in the CPC Program Library which is held in the Mendeley Data repository. The submitted software must be covered by an approved open source licence. Papers and associated computer programs that address a problem of contemporary interest in physics that cannot be solved by current software are particularly encouraged.Computational Physics Papers (CP) These are research papers in, but are not limited to, the following themes across computational physics and related disciplines.mathematical and numerical methods and algorithms;computational models including those associated with the design, control and analysis of experiments; andalgebraic computation.Each will normally include software implementation and performance details. The software implementation should, ideally, be available via GitHub, Zenodo or an institutional repository. In addition, research papers on the impact of advanced computer architecture and special purpose computers on computing in the physical sciences and software topics related to, and of importance in, the physical sciences may be considered.The introduction to each paper should be directed to a general audience and the author(s) must clearly articulate the novelty and significance of the paper and how it will advance the solution of an important physics application. Papers which, in the opinion of a Principal Editor, fail to do this will not be sent for review. The editor may consult with experts in the field in making this decision.Feature Articles are solicited by invitation and are aimed at highlighting topical subjects and providing reviews of important bodies of research work. Special and thematic issues are published on an occasional basis and enquiries should be directed to a

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

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Impact

Impact factor

3.88LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

3.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

13.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

13.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

1.56LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.98LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

154LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

302OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

5,903OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.62OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

38.61%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

420LetPub · 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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 12 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

8 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

66 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

169 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

7 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

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

Elsevier

Country or region

NETHERLANDS

Language

English

Frequency

Semimonthly

Founded

1969

ISSN

0010-4655

Electronic ISSN

1879-2944

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
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