Journal profile · Mechanics
Physics of Fluids
ISSN 1070-6631 · eISSN 1089-7666 · American Institute of Physics · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1994
Physics of Fluids: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.69; hybrid open access; review about 4.5 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 6,184 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Physics of Fluids is published by American Institute of Physics and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, together about 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computational Mechanics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Physics of Fluids features original theoretical, computational, and experimental publications to deepen our understanding of fluid physics and dynamics
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mechanics
Editor-in-chief Savvas HatzikiriakosPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering19.2%
- Fluid Dynamics and Vibration AnalysisEngineering8.5%
- Fluid Dynamics and Heat TransferEngineering6.8%
- Wind and Air Flow StudiesEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Lattice Boltzmann Simulation StudiesEngineering5.3%
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsEngineering5.2%
- Particle Dynamics in Fluid FlowsEngineering4.9%
- Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet FlowsEngineering4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Physics, Fluids & Plasmas | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Physics, Fluids & Plasmas | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Physics, Fluids & Plasmas | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 2 |
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
- 3.69LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 154LetPub ·
- h-index
- 248OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17,302OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 31.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6,084LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 36,115 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,967 | 346 | 1,330 |
| 2025 | 6,184 | 702 | 20,616 |
| 2024 | 5,017 | 815 | 36,993 |
| 2023 | 2,854 | 709 | 35,304 |
| 2022 | 2,432 | 756 | 38,183 |
| 2021 | 2,037 | 720 | 42,255 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 4 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4.5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1070-6631
- Electronic ISSN
- 1089-7666
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 8 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Physics of Fluids
What CAS zone is Physics of Fluids in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Physics of Fluids is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Mechanics / Physics, Fluids & Plasmas. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Physics of Fluids?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.69; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 248.
How long does peer review take at Physics of Fluids?
Authors report an average review time of about 4.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 Physics of Fluids?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Physics of Fluids is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Physics of Fluids open access, and what is the APC?
Physics of Fluids is a hybrid 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .