Aims & Scope

Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, an academic journal cosponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and published by Science China Press, is committed to publishing high-quality, original results in both basic and applied research.

Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, is published in both print and electronic forms.

It is indexed by Science Citation Index.

Categories of articles: Reviews summarize representative results and achievements in a particular topic or an area, comment on the current state of research, and advise on the research directions.

The author’s own opinion and related discussion is requested.

Research papers report on important original results in all areas of physics, mechanics and astronomy.

Brief reports present short reports in a timely manner of the latest important results.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 7.5
2024 6.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 1.280

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 75

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 3173

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 3334

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

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


Subjects & Keywords

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


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 enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP

    Citation: 261

    Authors: ShuangNan, Andrea, Marco, YuPeng, FangJun, Yong, Hua, Shu, Søren, Margarita, Luca, Enrico, Riccardo, Alessandra, YongWei, Yuri, Vladimir, Norbert, Aline, Kirpal, Teng, Giovanni, Piotr, QiuShi, Stephane, Giorgia, Daniele, Jiri, Gianpiero, Christoph, Andrea, Silvia, Dave, ZhanShan, Berend, Xin, Jean J. M., Mahdi, Giovanni, Filippo, Marco, Stefano, Jörg, Ronaldo, Pierluigi, Bruna, Giuseppe, Giacomo, XueLei, Franck, Riccardo, Francesco, TianXiang, YuPeng, Jerome, Marta, Wei, WeiWei, Thomas, Ettore, Sergio, Sebastian, Victor, Michal, YuanYuan, Lorenzo, QingMei, Yannick, Fabio, José Luis, Min, MingYu, Olivier, Marco, QuanYing, YuDong, DaWei, Bin, Wei, Long, ShuMei, WeiChun, Thomas, Ingo, Irfan, Claudio, Luca, Gang, MaoShun, Xian, Wei, ZhengWei, Olivier, HongWei, XiaoJing, Bo, Tao, Daniele, Piero, Adrian, Malgorzata, Bin, Massimo, Alfredo, Fabio, Stephane, Emanuele, Antonino, Claudio, JinLu, Alexandre, Irina, Jerome, Thomas, ZhengXiang, LiZhi, JiangBo, LiMing, Carmelo, Liang, Ying, Phil, Bo, DianLong, GuoFeng, Juan, LangPing, YuSa, Anna L., XiangYang, Jörn, ShaoLin, JiaWei, Sheng, YanJi, Nian, WenDa, Gianluigi, Nicola, Andrzej A., AiMei, ChengMo, Fan, Long, Tong, Yi, XiaoLi, ZiLiang, BaoSheng, ShiJie, YuPeng, Nicola, J. Frans

  • Overview to the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite

    Citation: 258

    Authors: Shuang-Nan, TiPei, FangJun, LiMing, YuPeng, CongZhan, Yong, XueLei, QingCui, Zhi, Gang, Li, TianXiang, YiBao, YuPeng, Wei, WeiWei, JingKang, YongWei, YuanYuan, MinXue, GuanHua, He, Min, MingYu, YuDong, Ju, Can, ChengCheng, DaWei, Wei, Yue, Jia, ShuMei, LuHua, WeiChun, Jing, YongJie, Bing, ChengKui, Gang, MaoShun, Wei, Xian, XiaoBo, XuFang, YanGuo, ZiJian, ZhengWei, XiaoHua, JinYuan, GuoQing, HongWei, ShaoZhen, XiaoJing, Yuan, YiNong, Bo, XueFeng, Tao, Xiang, Bin, Yi, JianYin, Ge, JinLu, Na, RenCheng, GuoHong, Liang, Ying, Lian, YouLi, Chen, ChunQin, GuoFeng, HuanYu, Juan, WenShuai, YuSa, XiangYang, BaiYang, BoBing, Mei, GuangCheng, ShaoLin, LinLi, JiaWei, Sheng, YanJi, QiBin, Bin, AiMei, ChunLei, ChengMo, Fan, HongMei, Juan, Qiang, ShenYi, Shu, Tong, WanChang, Wei, WenZhao, Yi, YiFei, YongJie, Yue, Zhao, Zhi, ZiLiang, HaiSheng, XiaoFan, ShiJie, JianFeng, YuXuan, Yue, RenLin

  • Commissioning progress of the FAST

    Citation: 229

    Authors: Peng, YouLing, HengQian, Rui, Hui, GaoFeng, JingHai, DongJun, HongFei, NingYu, Lei, JiGuang, Jun, Bo, ShuXin, QiMing, Qi, Di


Quick Facts

Current Factor
7.5
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
1.280
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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