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Journal of Applied Optics is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1.2). Published by Editorial office of Journal of Applied Optics.
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ISSN 1002-2082Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial office of Journal of Applied Optics
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 193 / 243 | 20th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.2.
Journal of Applied Optics is Q4 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 193 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Applied Optics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q4, 20th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.227, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 14.
Journal of Applied Optics is published by Editorial office of Journal of Applied Optics. Its ISSN is 1002-2082.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Applied Optics has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0.33 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #196 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Journal of Applied Optics published 149 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 191. 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 13 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (100%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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.
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