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Advanced Optical Technologies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | 50 / 206 | 75th | Q1 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 92 / 243 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 131 / 318 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.8.
Advanced Optical Technologies is Q1 in Instrumentation (rank 50 of 206), Q2 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 92 of 243) and Q2 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 131 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
Advanced Optical Technologies is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 75th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.520, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 34.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,353 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Advanced Optical Technologies is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its print ISSN is 2192-8576 and its online ISSN is 2192-8584.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Advanced Optical Technologies has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 2.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #63 of 146 Scopus journals in Instrumentation.
Advanced Optical Technologies published 14 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 68. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 85 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Germany (35.5%), United States (10.8%) and China (9.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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