Living Reviews in Solar Physics

Aims & Scope

Living Reviews in Solar Physics is a peer-reviewed, platinum open-access journal, publishing reviews of research in all areas of solar and heliospheric physics.

Articles are solicited from leading authorities and are directed towards the scientific community at or above the graduate-student level.

The articles in Living Reviews provide critical reviews of the current state of research in the fields they cover.

They evaluate existing work, place it in a meaningful context, and suggest areas where more work and new results are needed.

Articles also offer annotated insights into the key literature and describe other available resources.

Living Reviews is unique in maintaining a suite of high-quality reviews, which are kept up-to-date by the authors.

This is the meaning of the word "living" in the journal's title.

Living Reviews in Solar Physics attracts readers from the entire solar and heliospheric physics community.

Graduate students can use the journal to start their initial literature surveys or to learn about fields peripheral to their own; researchers can use it to quickly find out about the most up-to-date results in fields in which they are not current, to track down bibliographic references that they have not recorded, or even to find areas in which their own skills can be applied in a new field; and lecturers can use it to find information and visual materials that can be used in presentations at all levels.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

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

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.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• The Solar Cycle

  Citation: 721

  Authors: David H.

• Flare Observations

  Citation: 409

  Authors: Arnold O.

• The Solar Cycle

  Citation: 401

  Authors: David H.

• Large gradual solar energetic particle events

  Citation: 384

  Authors: Mihir, Joe

• Coronal mass ejections and their sheath regions in interplanetary space

  Citation: 338

  Authors: Emilia, Hannu E. J., Tuija I.

• A history of solar activity over millennia

  Citation: 327

  Authors: Ilya G.

• The multi-scale nature of the solar wind

  Citation: 315

  Authors: Daniel, Kristopher G., Bennett A.

• Dynamo models of the solar cycle

  Citation: 276

  Authors: Paul

• Solar wind stream interaction regions throughout the heliosphere

  Citation: 264

  Authors: Ian G.

• Evolution of Active Regions

  Citation: 261

  Authors: Lidia, Lucie May