European Journal of Physics

European Journal of Physics is published by IOP Publishing Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies, Quantum Mechanics and Applications and Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics, together about 37.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

European Journal of Physics is a journal of the European Physical Society and its primary mission is to assist in maintaining and improving the standard of taught physics in universities and other institutes of higher education. Authors submitting articles must indicate the usefulness of their material to physics education and make clear the level of readership (undergraduate or graduate) for which the article is intended. Submissions that omit this information or which, in the publisher's opinion, do not contribute to the above mission will not be considered for publication. To this end, we welcome articles that provide original insights and aim to enhance learning in one or more areas of physics. They should normally include at least one of the following: Explanations of how contemporary research can inform the understanding of physics at university level: for example, a survey of a research field at a level accessible to students, explaining how it illustrates some general principles. Original insights into the derivation of results. These should be of some general interest, consisting of more than corrections to textbooks. Descriptions of novel laboratory exercises illustrating new techniques of general interest. Those based on relatively inexpensive equipment are especially welcome. Articles of a scholarly or reflective nature that are aimed to be of interest to, and at a level appropriate for, physics students or recent graduates. Descriptions of successful and original student projects, experimental, theoretical or computational. Discussions of the history, philosophy and epistemology of physics, at a level accessible to physics students and teachers. Reports of new developments in physics curricula and the techniques for teaching physics. Physics Education Research reports: articles that provide original experimental and/or theoretical research contributions that directly relate to the teaching and learning of university-level physics.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Physics, Multidisciplinary

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

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Impact

Impact factor

0.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

1.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.39LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.78LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

38LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

81OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,454OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.88OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

22.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

58.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

160LetPub · 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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

3–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

ISSN

0143-0807

Electronic ISSN

1361-6404

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub