Chemical Physics

ISSN 0301-0104 · Elsevier BV · Netherlands · active 1959–2026

Metrics

Best Scimago quartile (2025)
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
2.8
SJR
0.407
h-index
177

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 8 November 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Chemical Physics is Q2 in 1 of its 2 subject categories and Q3 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q2.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Chemical Physics in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2#140 of 320
Physical and Theoretical ChemistryQ3#108 of 191
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
2.66
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
335

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Chemical Physics is Q2 in 1 of its 2 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous): Q2, #140 of 320), with SJR 0.407 (Scimago) and an h-index of 177 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science.

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Indexing & access

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Scope

advancedchemicalphysicsatomicmolecularopticsspectroscopyquantumphysicalinteractionstheoreticalchemistry

Frequently asked

Is Chemical Physics a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Chemical Physics. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, which is a positive signal.

Is Chemical Physics indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Chemical Physics appears in: Scopus, Web of Science. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Chemical Physics?

Papers in Chemical Physics are cited about 2.8 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 177. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Chemical Physics (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Chemical Physics is Q2 in 1 of its 2 subject categories and Q3 in the other 1. By category: Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous): Q2, #140 of 320; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: Q3, #108 of 191. Its best category quartile is Q2. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Chemical Physics is cited about 2.8 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 177.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Chemical Physics?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Chemical Physics. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Chemical Physics open access?

Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

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