Journal profile · Physics and Astronomy-Instrumentation
Emergent Scientist
ISSN 2556-8779 · EDP Sciences · France
Emergent Scientist: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 3 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Emergent Scientist is published by EDP Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer and Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies, together about 36.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Emergent Scientist is an open access international scientific journal dedicated to a student authorship and readership, and to lesser extent to teachers and researchers. Emergent Scientist is intended to provide students with accessible scientific material and to offer them a first publishing experience. For senior scientists, Emergent Scientist can be used to provide teaching material and can constitute an introduction to questions out of the reader’s area of expertise.. Origins of the project Emergent Scientist started in 2016 at the instigation of the French Physical Society (SFP). After hosting the 8th edition of the International Physicists' Tournament, the SFP suggested to add value to the work of the participants and offer them to turn their reports into peer-reviewed publications. The idea of expanding this chance to any student willing to learn about scientific publication quickly emerged, and gave birth to EmSci. Emergent Scientist would not exist without its supports and sponsors. Scope and coverage Emergent Scientist aims at offering a peer-review experience to all scientific students. Currently, we welcome submissions from three scientific fields: physics, mathematics and chemistry. Materials published in Emergent Scientist must satisfy both scientific and pedagogical requirements. They are not expected to be ground-breaking results and can even focus on well-known phenomena, but they must constitute a scientific and didactic approach to the solution of the problem. Their motivations, methods and results must be clearly understandable by a reader in undergraduate training, and help him or her improve his or her own apprehension of science. Special volumes are yearly issues dedicated to student competitions, such as the International Physicists’ Tournament. These gather materials submitted by the participants and are inspired by the problems discussed during the competition. Regular volumes are periodically issued. These gather materials submitted by the authors on any subject within the scope of the journal, inspired for instance by university research project, course projects or personal work. Science and scientific method Emergent Scientist offers young scientists a unique perspective on the scientific method in the absence of the competition that exists between authors in the race towards novelty and success. Notably, an original “dead-end” section in the articles identifies theoretical leads and experimental tests that were followed and wh
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physics and Astronomy-Instrumentation
Editor-in-chief Daniel Suchet Institut duPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 6%); most named France 6, United Kingdom 2, Mainland China 1, Germany 1, Spain 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics StudiesPhysics and Astronomy23.5%
- Fluid Dynamics and Heat TransferEngineering7.4%
- Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studiesEngineering5.9%
- Dynamics and Control of Mechanical SystemsEngineering4.4%
- Magnetic Properties of AlloysMaterials Science4.4%
- Vibration and Dynamic AnalysisEngineering4.4%
- Quantum Information and CryptographyComputer Science2.9%
- Magnetic properties of thin filmsPhysics and Astronomy2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | Q4 | 158/206 | 23rd |
| Applied Mathematics | Q4 | 618/680 | 9th |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | Q4 | 224/243 | 8th |
| Condensed Matter Physics | Q4 | 426/446 | 4th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 41 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 | EUR 300 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 300 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 300 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted1
- reviewProviding a clear and constructive criticism requires a good understanding of both the content and the method of the work under scrutiny. EmSci invites students…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access
- Authorship
ORCID policy: only authenticated ORCIDs published; co-authors validate ORCIDs via SAGA before proof corrections. Model summary
From October 2024, only authenticated ORCIDs will be published in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
References must conform to Chicago citing style with DOIs/ISBNs where possible. Model summary
All references should conform to the Chicago citing style and include if possible DOI for online articles and ISBN for books.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Physics and Chemistry papers must be under 8 pages including references and figures. Model summary
Emergent Scientist papers should be less than 8 pages long (reference and figures included).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Welcome to Emergent Scientist (EmSci), the first open access student-oriented scientific journal.
Reading, writing and reviewing articles is a major part of the scientific process and should be as such included in scientific education. However, most professional journals are too technical to be accessible to students in training: a solid background is required to understand articles, it takes a long research experience to produce new publishable material and only well-established scientists ar…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2556-8779
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗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 Emergent Scientist
How long does peer review take at Emergent Scientist?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Emergent Scientist?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Emergent Scientist based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (6), United Kingdom (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Emergent Scientist?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Emergent Scientist is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Emergent Scientist open access, and what is the APC?
Emergent Scientist is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .