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Journals in Nuclear and High Energy Physics

101 established journals that publish mainly in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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101 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. 43 of them are fully open access, and at least 4 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 1 930 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Reviews of Modern Physics, Physics Reports, Reports on Progress in Physics.

101 journals

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Journal of High Energy Physicsdiamond OASpringer Nature70 %2 7145.41376None (diamond OA)
The European Physical Journal Cdiamond OASpringer Science+Business Media74 %1 2995.09246None (diamond OA)
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.American Physical Society60 %4 5735.75225Subscription
Physics Letters Bdiamond OAElsevier BV80 %7784.50447None (diamond OA)
Physical Review CAmerican Physical Society82 %1 0103.19279Subscription
Progress in Particle and Nuclear PhysicsElsevier BV92 %359.69164Subscription; open access option 4 780 USD
Nuclear Physics Bdiamond OAElsevier BV73 %3503.61496None (diamond OA)
Physics ReportsElsevier BV59 %10516.24462Subscription; open access option 6 240 USD
Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle PhysicsIOP Publishing90 %1242.56139Subscription; open access option 3 325 USD
Chinese Physics CIOP Publishing71 %3042.6667Subscription; open access option 2 410 USD
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle PhysicsInstitute of Physics41 %8878.15235Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
The European Physical Journal ASpringer Science+Business Media60 %3032.89230Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle ScienceAnnual Reviews84 %216.79153Subscription
International Journal of Modern Physics EWorld Scientific83 %1161.7166Subscription
Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society44 %3735.21618Subscription
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental PhysicsUniversity of Oxford67 %1802.1468979 USD
Astroparticle PhysicsElsevier BV70 %613.48135Subscription; open access option 2 920 USD
Nuclear Physics AElsevier BV83 %1581.23272Subscription; open access option 2 590 USD
Physical Review LettersAmerican Physical Society26 %2 5549.05978Subscription; open access option 3 750 USD
International Journal of Modern Physics AWorld Scientific63 %3221.38149Subscription
Few-Body SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media70 %891.5453Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD
Journal of InstrumentationInstitute of Physics45 %9391.53111Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Nuclear FusionIOP Publishing34 %5273.931882 595 USD
Modern Physics Letters AWorld Scientific54 %2651.63126Subscription
Physics of the Dark UniverseElsevier BV31 %2648.2680Subscription; open access option 3 660 USD
ParticlesMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute71 %641.58241 930 USD
Computing and Software for Big ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media52 %247.0230Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD
Fortschritte der PhysikWiley45 %903.5398Subscription; open access option 3 460 USD
Physics of Atomic NucleiPleiades Publishing79 %3530.5650Subscription
AIP conference proceedingsAmerican Institute of Physics50 %16 3610.51127Subscription
Reports on Progress in PhysicsIOP Publishing35 %649.76352Subscription; open access option 4 680 USD
UniverseMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute35 %5172.60651 930 USD
Nuclear Science and TechniquesSpringer Nature34 %1994.5046Subscription; open access option 3 390 USD
Nuclear Data SheetsElsevier BV65 %252.6197Subscription; open access option 3 240 USD
Brazilian Journal of PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media39 %2322.6463Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Annals of PhysicsElsevier BV38 %2642.50275Subscription; open access option 3 160 USD
SciPost PhysicsSciPost.org26 %3546.5289Open access, fee unknown
EPJ Web of ConferencesEDP Sciences69 %1 5070.4254Open access, fee unknown
Physics of Particles and NucleiPleiades Publishing79 %1650.6043Subscription
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated EquipmentElsevier BV36 %9181.56227Subscription; open access option 2 620 USD
Acta Physica Polonica BJagiellonian University80 %550.8647Open access, fee unknown
The European Physical Journal PlusSpringer Science+Business Media25 %1 2383.09108Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD
Plasma Physics and Controlled FusionIOP Publishing34 %2952.11145Subscription; open access option 3 325 USD
Physics of PlasmasAmerican Institute of Physics26 %8502.66205Subscription
Computer Physics CommunicationsElsevier BV26 %3533.65300Subscription; open access option 4 160 USD
Journal of Physics Conference SeriesIOP Publishing37 %16 9510.51134Open access, fee unknown
Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings SupplementJagiellonian University89 %1750.3426Open access, fee unknown
Communications in Theoretical PhysicsInstitute of Physics29 %2242.9874Subscription
AAPPS bulletinSpringer Nature36 %354.92252 190 USD
Fusion Engineering and DesignElsevier BV26 %5892.30108Subscription; open access option 2 810 USD
Advances in High Energy PhysicsHindawi Publishing Corporation64 %351.02561 550 USD
PhysicsMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute38 %802.02241 689 USD
Frontiers in PhysicsFrontiers Media21 %8393.11903 077 USD
SciPost Physics ProceedingsSciPost.org90 %1220.3315Open access, fee unknown
Matter and Radiation at ExtremesAmerican Institute of Physics30 %634.1343Open access, fee unknown
Journal of High Energy AstrophysicsElsevier BV27 %834.6137Subscription; open access option 2 520 USD
Classical and Quantum GravityIOP Publishing22 %4043.43241Subscription; open access option 3 325 USD
Journal of Plasma PhysicsCambridge University Press26 %1443.1498Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Indian Journal of PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media26 %3951.9054Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD
InstrumentsMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute39 %531.94261 689 USD
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear ScienceInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers25 %4491.73185Subscription; open access option 2 645 USD
Reviews in PhysicsElsevier BV38 %116.7336Subscription; open access option 2 050 USD
High Energy Density PhysicsElsevier BV35 %372.2145Subscription; open access option 2 870 USD
International Journal of Modern Physics DWorld Scientific26 %1681.89111Subscription
Nuclear Physics NewsTaylor & Francis69 %520.4326Subscription
Natural Science ReviewJoint Institute for Nuclear Research60 %62.223Open access, fee unknown
Reviews of Modern Plasma PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media25 %325.4832Subscription; open access option 3 590 USD
SciPost Physics CoreSciPost.org22 %733.7030Open access, fee unknown
SciPost Physics Lecture NotesSciPost.org28 %185.4028Open access, fee unknown
SciPost Physics CodebasesPublisher unknown27 %254.1817Open access, fee unknown
High Power Laser Science and EngineeringCambridge University Press20 %863.89452 900 USD
Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical PhysicsInternational Press of Boston31 %451.86114Subscription
Canadian Journal of PhysicsNRC Research Press26 %871.80151Subscription
Radiation Detection Technology and MethodsSpringer Science+Business Media29 %811.5021Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Atomic Data and Nuclear Data TablesElsevier BV28 %302.59168Subscription; open access option 3 030 USD
Comptes Rendus PhysiqueAcadémie des sciences25 %482.1495Open access, fee unknown
Fusion Science & TechnologyTaylor & Francis27 %1141.0066Subscription
Journal of Fusion EnergySpringer Science+Business Media31 %500.9845Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
Revista Mexicana de FísicaMexican Society of Physics29 %1120.7528Open access, fee unknown
Contributions to Plasma PhysicsWiley23 %1131.1860Subscription; open access option 2 930 USD
Suplemento de la Revista Mexicana de FísicaPublisher unknown84 %540.186Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Modern PhysicsScientific Research Publishing22 %1021.2935Open access, fee unknown
Plasma Physics ReportsPleiades Publishing20 %1461.1159Subscription
Journal of High Energy Physics Gravitation and CosmologyScientific Research Publishing24 %960.9418Open access, fee unknown
Plasma and Fusion ResearchJapan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research31 %800.5536Open access, fee unknown
Fundamental Plasma PhysicsElsevier BV24 %162.0171 070 USD
Frontiers in Detector Science and TechnologyFrontiers Media33 %52.4362 353 USD
Eurasian journal of physics and functional materialsL. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University29 %280.799Open access, fee unknown
Nuclear Physics and Atomic EnergyInstitute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine37 %490.3913Open access, fee unknown
TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICSScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)33 %190.7324Open access, fee unknown
Communications in PhysicsPublishing House For Science And Technology35 %420.3412Open access, fee unknown
The European Physical Journal HSpringer Science+Business Media22 %220.9033Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD
Open Journal of MicrophysicsScientific Research Publishing29 %61.277Open access, fee unknown
Highlights in High-Energy PhysicsPublisher unknown70 %50.241Open access, fee unknown
Bulgarian Journal of PhysicsPublisher unknown39 %410.176Subscription
Laser and Particle BeamsCambridge University Press29 %160.38633 550 USD
PhysicsAmerican Physical Society23 %3640.1834Subscription
Recent Contributions to PhysicsAl-Farabi Kazakh National University27 %400.224Open access, fee unknown
World Journal of Nuclear Science and TechnologyScientific Research Publishing20 %100.5917Open access, fee unknown
Letters in High Energy PhysicsPublisher unknown28 %2110.0515300 USD
Fundamental InteractionsPublisher unknown92 %220.006Subscription

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.