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Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.8), WoS ESCI. Published by Chinese Laser Press.
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ISSN 0253-2239Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Chinese Laser Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 142 / 243 | 41st | Q3 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 188 / 318 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present (also 1984–1989), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.8.
Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica is Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 142 of 243) and Q3 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 188 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 41st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.311, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 46.
Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica is published by Chinese Laser Press. Its ISSN is 0253-2239.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 1.47 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #143 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica published 720 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 818. 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.
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.
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