Brazilian Journal of Physics

Aims & Scope

The Brazilian Journal of Physics is a peer-reviewed international journal published by the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF).

The journal publishes new and original research results from all areas of physics, obtained in Brazil and from anywhere else in the world.

Contents include theoretical, practical and experimental papers as well as high-quality review papers.

Submissions should follow the generally accepted structure for journal articles with basic elements: title, abstract, introduction, results, conclusions, and references.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.220

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Nonextensive statistics: theoretical, experimental and computational evidences and connections

  Citation: 501

  Authors: Constantino

• Ferrofluids: properties and applications

  Citation: 445

  Authors: C., A. M.

• Phase transitions in one-dimensional nonequilibrium systems

  Citation: 290

  Authors: M. R.

• The Moore–Penrose Pseudoinverse: A Tutorial Review of the Theory

  Citation: 271

  Authors: João Carlos Alves, Mahir Saleh

• A bird's-eye view of density-functional theory

  Citation: 246

  Authors: Klaus

• Paths to self-organized criticality

  Citation: 244

  Authors: Ronald, Miguel A., Alessandro, Stefano

• Nonadditive entropy and nonextensive statistical mechanics -an overview after 20 years

  Citation: 228

  Authors: Constantino

• Review of Progress in Acoustic Levitation

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Marco A. B., Nicolás, Julio C.

• Special Review: Entanglement in Solvable Many-Particle Models

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Ingo

• Topics on hydrodynamic model of nucleus-nucleus collisions

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Y., T., O.

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