Journal profile · PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS
Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters
ISSN 1547-4771 · eISSN 1531-8567 · Pleiades Publishing
Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 97 days to acceptance (139 articles, last 24 months); 272 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters is published by Pleiades Publishing 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 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nuclear and High Energy Physics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesPhysics and Astronomy12.5%
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsPhysics and Astronomy9.8%
- High-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchPhysics and Astronomy8.3%
- Nuclear Physics and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy7.8%
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamicsEngineering7.3%
- Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron LasersEngineering6.7%
- Nuclear physics research studiesPhysics and Astronomy5.6%
- Particle Detector Development and PerformancePhysics and Astronomy4.4%
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, Particles & Fields | 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, Particles & Fields | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 223OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 265LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,064 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 131 | 13 | 11 |
| 2025 | 272 | 20 | 128 |
| 2024 | 205 | 12 | 240 |
| 2023 | 284 | 27 | 360 |
| 2022 | 133 | 16 | 241 |
| 2021 | 94 | 24 | 319 |
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 Crossref · to
97 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 45 days – 136 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 155 days (139 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 287 days
- Sample
- 139 articles with submission and acceptance dates (368 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Pleiades Publishing
- ISSN
- 1547-4771
- Electronic ISSN
- 1531-8567
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters
What CAS zone is Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Physics, Particles & Fields. 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.
How long does peer review take at Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 139 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 97 days (interquartile range 45–136 days). 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 Particles and Nuclei Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters 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; 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: .