Journal profile · Physics, Applied
Low Temperature Physics
ISSN 1063-777X · eISSN 1090-6517 · American Institute of Physics · UKRAINE · Monthly
Low Temperature Physics: CAS Zone 4 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8; subscription journal; review 3–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 211 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Low Temperature Physics is published by American Institute of Physics and is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics and Quantum and electron transport phenomena, together about 33.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Low Temperature Physics, a distribution and (where relevant) translation of the copyrighted Journal FIZIKA NIZKIKH TEMPERATUR, is a monthly journal containing English reports of current research in the field of the low temperature physics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physics, Applied
Editor-in-chief Yu. G. NaidyukPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Physics of Superconductivity and MagnetismPhysics and Astronomy15.8%
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsPhysics and Astronomy9.5%
- Quantum and electron transport phenomenaPhysics and Astronomy8.2%
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMaterials Science5.3%
- Advanced Condensed Matter PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy5.3%
- Magnetic properties of thin filmsPhysics and Astronomy5%
- High-pressure geophysics and materialsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.7%
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesPhysics and Astronomy4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | 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 | Physics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 916OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 197LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,968 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 142 | 27 | 24 |
| 2025 | 211 | 28 | 315 |
| 2024 | 162 | 26 | 301 |
| 2023 | 195 | 30 | 488 |
| 2022 | 150 | 35 | 454 |
| 2021 | 142 | 24 | 418 |
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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Article types accepted2
- research articleResearch Article | September 01 2026 Apparent fractional charge signatures in PbTe quantum dots due to capacitively coupled charge trap dynamicsLength not stated
- review articleBiomimetic engineering spin relaxation in flavin radical pairs for singlet–triplet qubits (Review Article)Length not stated
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
- American Institute of Physics
- Country or region
- UKRAINE
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 1063-777X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1090-6517
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 52, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Low Temperature Physics
What CAS zone is Low Temperature Physics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Low Temperature Physics is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Physics, Applied. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Low Temperature Physics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.8; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Low Temperature Physics?
Authors report an average review time of 3–8 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 Low Temperature Physics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Low Temperature Physics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Low Temperature Physics open access, and what is the APC?
Low Temperature Physics is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .