84 Physics and Astronomy journals published by Springer Nature with at least 10 papers in 2025. Publisher family is the top of the publisher's lineage in OpenAlex.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of High Energy Physics | 1029-8479 | 2,716 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| The European Physical Journal C | 1434-6044 | 1,516 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| The European Physical Journal Plus | 2190-5444 | 1,271 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Communications Physics | 2399-3650 | 543 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,90,707 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics | 1062-8738 | 505 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Physics of Atomic Nuclei | 1063-7788 | 466 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Nature Physics | 1745-2473 | 418 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Indian Journal of Physics | 0019-5480 | 383 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | India |
| Journal of Molecular Modeling | 0948-5023 | 351 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Moscow University Physics Bulletin | 0027-1349 | 340 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Theoretical Physics | 0020-7748 | 331 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Russian Physics Journal | 1064-8887 | 312 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,16,921 to publish | No | No | Netherlands |
| Brazilian Journal of Physics | 0103-9733 | 308 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Brazil |
| The European Physical Journal A | 1434-6001 | 297 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Nature Astronomy | 2397-3366 | 292 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters | 1531-8567 | 272 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters | 0021-3640 | 264 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The European Physical Journal B | 1434-6028 | 261 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Physics of Particles and Nuclei | 1063-7796 | 248 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Nuclear Science and Techniques | 1001-8042 | 245 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Applied Physics B | 0721-7269 | 237 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism | 1557-1939 | 229 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Radiation Oncology | 1748-717X | 206 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,03,641 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine | 2662-4729 | 184 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Solar Physics | 0038-0938 | 181 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Statistical Physics | 0022-4715 | 170 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| General Relativity and Gravitation | 0001-7701 | 164 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics | 0021-3462 | 164 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| The European Physical Journal D | 1434-6060 | 163 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Strahlentherapie und Onkologie | 0179-7158 | 158 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Semiconductors | 1063-7826 | 155 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | 0040-5779 | 150 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Social Network Analysis and Mining | 1869-5450 | 144 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Austria |
| Astrophysics and Space Science | 0004-640X | 140 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Cosmic Research | 0010-9525 | 139 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Astronomy Reports | 1063-7729 | 136 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | British Virgin Islands |
| Plasma Physics Reports | 1063-780X | 136 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Space Science Reviews | 0038-6308 | 129 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Radiation Detection Technology and Methods | 2509-9930 | 123 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Singapore |
| Geomagnetism and Aeronomy | 0016-7932 | 122 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| npj Quantum Materials | 2397-4648 | 121 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,81,875 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Astronomy Letters | 1063-7737 | 117 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Nature Reviews Physics | 2522-5820 | 115 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics | 1402-9251 | 114 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Solar System Research | 0038-0946 | 100 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Low Temperature Physics | 0022-2291 | 99 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Theoretical Chemistry Accounts | 1432-2234 | 95 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| EPJ Data Science | 2193-1127 | 94 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,83,926 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Foundations of Physics | 0015-9018 | 89 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy | 0250-6335 | 86 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Applied Network Science | 2364-8228 | 77 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,62,160 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Technical Physics Letters | 1063-7850 | 70 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Contemporary Physics (Armenian Academy of Sciences) | 1068-3372 | 68 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Fusion Energy | 0164-0313 | 68 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Regular and Chaotic Dynamics | 1468-4845 | 67 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Experimental Astronomy | 0922-6435 | 66 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Astrophysical Bulletin | 1990-3413 | 59 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | British Virgin Islands |
| Gravitation and Cosmology | 0202-2893 | 59 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Acta Applicandae Mathematicae | 0167-8019 | 57 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| PLOS complex systems. | 2837-8830 | 56 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,04,880 to publish | Yes | Yes | CAU |
| Astrophysics | 0571-7256 | 54 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| npj Spintronics | 2948-2119 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,05,692 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Few-Body Systems | 0177-7963 | 46 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Austria |
| Biosemiotics | 1875-1342 | 43 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy | 0923-2958 | 42 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Discover Life | 2948-2976 | 40 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,18,627 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences | 2213-7467 | 37 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,83,926 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| npj Complexity | 2731-8753 | 37 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,49,225 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics | 2367-3192 | 32 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics | 0038-5646 | 31 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Computing and Software for Big Science | 2510-2036 | 29 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Information Geometry | 2511-2481 | 25 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Singapore |
| Quantum Frontiers | 2731-6106 | 24 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies | 0884-5913 | 23 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The European Physical Journal H | 2102-6459 | 22 | 3 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Quantum Studies Mathematics and Foundations | 2196-5609 | 20 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory | 1381-298X | 19 | 3 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Discover Space. | 2948-2941 | 19 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,24,068 to publish | Yes | Yes | Niger |
| Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics | 2194-6418 | 16 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Mathematics in Industry | 2190-5983 | 14 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,51,276 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| npj Space Exploration | 3059-3700 | 14 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,49,491 to publish | No | No | |
| Rivista Del Nuovo Cimento | 0393-697X | 14 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,97,655 to publish | No | No | |
| Sicherheit, Strategie & Innovation | 2948-2046 | 14 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Guinea-Bissau |
| Living Reviews in Relativity | 1433-8351 | 10 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |