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Journal of Optical Communications is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.3). Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 0173-4911Verify ISSN ↗2191-6322Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$2,712 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condensed Matter Physics | 102 / 446 | 77th | Q1 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 243 / 1030 | 76th | Q1 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 64 / 243 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1980–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.3.
Journal of Optical Communications is Q1 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 102 of 446), Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 243 of 1030) and Q2 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 64 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Optical Communications 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 6.3, quartile Q1, 77th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.242, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 47.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,712 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 Optical Communications is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0173-4911 and its online ISSN is 2191-6322.
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 Optical Communications has an h-index of 59 and a 2-year mean of 1.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #248 of 425 Scopus journals in Condensed Matter Physics.
Journal of Optical Communications published 219 papers in 2025. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (63.4%), Iraq (21.1%) and China (2.6%). 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. 77 retracted papers are recorded (21.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 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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