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Journal of Spectroscopy is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 2314-4920Verify ISSN ↗2314-4939Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 106 / 243 | 56th | Q2 |
| Spectroscopy | 41 / 81 | 50th | Q2 |
| Analytical Chemistry | 84 / 160 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.3.
Journal of Spectroscopy is Q2 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 106 of 243), Q2 in Spectroscopy (rank 41 of 81) and Q3 in Analytical Chemistry (rank 84 of 160), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Spectroscopy 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 4.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 56th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.290, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 40.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,630 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 Spectroscopy is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2314-4920 and its online ISSN is 2314-4939.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Spectroscopy has an h-index of 54 and a 2-year mean of 1.62 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #135 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Journal of Spectroscopy published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 99. 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 98 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from China (45.2%), Saudi Arabia (6.5%) and Iran (4.1%).
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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