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Journal of Biomedical Optics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SPIE.
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ISSN 1083-3668Verify ISSN ↗1560-2281Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SPIE
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 73 / 243 | 69th | Q2 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 98 / 318 | 69th | Q2 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 133 / 342 | 61st | Q2 |
| Biomaterials | 71 / 146 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.9.
Journal of Biomedical Optics is Q2 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 73 of 243), Q2 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 98 of 318) and Q2 in Biomedical Engineering (rank 133 of 342), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Biomedical Optics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 5.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.761, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 170.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,675 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.
Journal of Biomedical Optics is published by SPIE. Its print ISSN is 1083-3668 and its online ISSN is 1560-2281.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Biomedical Optics has an h-index of 183 and a 2-year mean of 3.54 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Journal of Biomedical Optics published 197 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 391. 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 95 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (40%), China (14.2%) and Germany (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). 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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