General Relativity and Gravitation
ISSN 0001-7701 · Springer Science+Business Media · United States · active 1970–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q2
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 3.0
- SJR
- 0.674
- h-index
- 153
“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 1 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, General Relativity and Gravitation is Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (#81 of 320 journals).
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | Q2 | #81 of 320 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 2.77
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 166
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).
General Relativity and Gravitation is Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (2025 edition, #81 of 320 journals), with SJR 0.674 (Scimago) and an h-index of 153 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to first decision
- 2 days (median)Publisher-reported
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is General Relativity and Gravitation a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag General Relativity and Gravitation. 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, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is General Relativity and Gravitation indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, General Relativity and Gravitation appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of General Relativity and Gravitation?
Papers in General Relativity and Gravitation are cited about 3.0 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 153. 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 General Relativity and Gravitation (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, General Relativity and Gravitation is Q2 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (#81 of 320 journals). 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; General Relativity and Gravitation is cited about 3.0 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 153.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of General Relativity and Gravitation?
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 General Relativity and Gravitation. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, 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 General Relativity and Gravitation 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.
How long does General Relativity and Gravitation take to publish a paper?
Submission to first decision for General Relativity and Gravitation takes about 2 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for General Relativity and Gravitation.
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