Open Physics

Open Physics is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH 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 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, Nonlinear Waves and Solitons and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, together about 30.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal Open Physics (PHYS) is a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal devoted to the publication of fundamental research results in all fields of physics. The journal provides the readers with free, instant, and permanent access to all content worldwide; and the authors with extensive promotion of published articles, long-time preservation, no space constraints and immediate publication.Aims and ScopeThe journal publishes research and review articles, rapid and short communications, comments and replies that cover the following areas of physical sciences:Acoustics,Astrophysics,Atomic and Molecular Physics,Biological and Medical Physics,Complex Networks, Socio- and Econophysics,Computational Physics,Condensed Matter Physics,Cosmology and Gravitation,Fluid Mechanics,Geophysics,Nanophysics,Optics and Lasers,Particle and Nuclear Physics,Plasma Physics,Quantum Computation and Information,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics,Surface Physics,Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Your Benefits Why submitAs an Author of Open Physics, you benefit from:Easy-to-use online submission system: Editorial Manager®Fast, fair and constructive peer reviewContinuous publication model (Quick online publication of accepted papers)No limitations on color figures and word count in published articlesAll articles are freely available to the academic community worldwide, without any restrictionsPromotion of published papers to readers and citersDistribution to open access directories (such as DOAJ) and thousands of libraries worldwideLiberal policies on copyrights (authors retain copyright) and on self-archiving (no embargo periods)Secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service PorticoGet an easy access to th e Open Physics’ most cited and most downloaded papers with only one click!Table of contents 2024 and 2023Special Issue:Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, and Computational Physics: Theory, Modeling, and ApplicationsArticle Processing ChargesIn order to sustain the publishing process, each article accepted for publication in Open Physics is subject to an Article Processing Charge of €1200. This fee is used to cover the costs of the peer-review process, professional typesetting and copyediting, as well as online hosting, long-term preservation, and extensive promotion to potential readers. There is no submission fee. Information regarding payment of the charge will be provided following acceptance for publication. For more

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Editor-in-chief Soo-Jong ReyPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

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

Indexing the journal's website claims

CASCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLC

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Impact

Impact factor

2.69LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

2.8Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

3.8Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.68LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

30LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

52OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

685OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.52OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

132LetPub · 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 review time (community reports)

about 18 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 18 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Country or region

POLAND

Language

English

ISSN

2391-5471

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
• Editorial board ↗DOAJ
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ