POSIIndexedC-Q1 provisionalZone unassignedPartially verifiedCurrent

The European Physical Journal C

Springer Science+Business Media · Germany

POSI-J-000560eISSN 1434-6052pISSN 1434-6044

Journal website Publications Record JSON

Evaluation status

POSI-EVAL-1.0

1 · Core Collection

Indexed, not certified

Listed in the journal directory. Certification is by application.

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2 · PQF

Not assessed

Eligibility framework; not a citation metric.

What PQF measures

3 · Citation ranking

CITATION-RANK-1.0

54 / 454Provisional C-Q1No zone

In Physical Sciences · percentile 88.2

PNCI 1.28 · 279 eligible items · coverage 100.0%

No zone for a provisional ranking.

Snapshot: September 2026

Ranking method

PQF is an eligibility and quality-framework assessment. It is not a citation ranking metric and does not determine Citation Quartiles or POSI Zones. PCS is a supplementary citation indicator and does not determine the official POSI Citation Rank, Citation Percentile, Citation Quartile, or POSI Zone.

Citations and output

Citation score (PCS): 16.67; Supplementary · 2022–2025 · 279 items · PCS-1.0; Adequate sample; How it is calculated
Articles: 24,835; OpenAlex / Crossref
Subject: Physical Sciences; P1.03 · confidence high

Ranking history

2026currentProvisional C-Q1
Physical Sciences · rank 54 of 454

Editions are kept as published; each ranks the journal within its category that year.

Record details

Identity

POSI ID · posi-data registry/ · identifier: POSI-J-000560
eISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier: 1434-6052
pISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier: 1434-6044
OpenAlex source · OpenAlex · identifier: S94052278
Title · ISSN Portal / Crossref · registry: The European Physical Journal C
Publisher · Crossref / OpenAlex · registry: Springer Science+Business Media

Not recorded: ISSN country

Declared by the publisher

Stated by the journal about itself. POSI records these as declared and does not present them as measured.

Declared country · Publisher · declared: Germany
Language · Publisher / DOAJ · declared: English
Website · Publisher · declared: link.springer.com/journal/10052

Not recorded: Frequency, License, Peer review, Article processing charge

Registry and computed values

Open access · DOAJ / OpenAlex · registry: Yes

Not recorded: DOAJ status

Verification: Partially verified

ISSN resolved to an OpenAlex source record; journal-level evidence not reviewed by POSI.

Freshness: Current

Updated 2026-10-15. Record updated within 6 months of the data cutoff.

Indexed, benchmark set

Indexed. Also in the Global Benchmark reference set that POSI uses to validate its methodology.

How states are assigned

Cite this record

Panorama Open Scholarly Index. (2026). The European Physical Journal C [journal record, POSI-J-000560]. https://posi.panorama-sg.com/journal/bench-the-european-physical-journal-c-0205/