Journal profile
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan is published by Physical Society of Japan under ISSN 0031-9015. It holds an h-index of 239 across 45,074 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 1.84, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Rare-earth and actinide compounds, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Physical Society of Japan |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0031-9015 |
| All ISSNs | 0031-9015, 1347-4073 |
| Indexed works | 45,074 |
| Total citations | 812,022 |
| h-index | 239 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 1.84 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism · Rare-earth and actinide compounds · Advanced Condensed Matter Physics · Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography · Quantum and electron transport phenomena |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Statistical-Mechanical Theory of Irreversible Processes. I. General Theory and Simple Applications to Magnetic and Conduction Problems
- Authors
- Ryogo Kubo
- Year
- 1957
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 570-586
IEEE
R. Kubo "Statistical-Mechanical Theory of Irreversible Processes. I. General Theory and Simple Applications to Magnetic and Conduction Problems," Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 570-586, 1957, doi: 10.1143/jpsj.12.570.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Journal of the Physical Society of Japan against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Kubo, R. (1957). Statistical-Mechanical Theory of Irreversible Processes. I. General Theory and Simple Applications to Magnetic and Conduction Problems. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 12(6), 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1143/jpsj.12.570
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{kubo1957,
author = {Ryogo Kubo},
title = {Statistical-Mechanical Theory of Irreversible Processes. I. General Theory and Simple Applications to Magnetic and Conduction Problems},
journal = {Journal of the Physical Society of Japan},
volume = {12},
number = {6},
pages = {570--586},
year = {1957},
issn = {0031-9015},
doi = {10.1143/jpsj.12.570}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan records 45,074 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan carries an h-index of 239, which is above 7% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 812,022 citations across 45,074 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 1.84.
Physical Society of Japan is the only publisher of this title in the set covered here, so check its own author guidance for reference style.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
What is the ISSN of Journal of the Physical Society of Japan?
The linking ISSN is 0031-9015. The journal also carries 1347-4073, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Journal of the Physical Society of Japan?
Physical Society of Japan publishes it. Check the journal's own author guidance rather than a general publisher template, because reference style is set per title.
Is Journal of the Physical Society of Japan open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from Journal of the Physical Society of Japan in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key kubo1957 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Journal of the Physical Society of Japan use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 570 to 586, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Journal of the Physical Society of Japan?
Its h-index is 239, above 7% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 812,022 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 1.84. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Journal of the Physical Society of Japan have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 239 and a two-year mean citedness of 1.84 across 45,074 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.