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Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by EDP Sciences.
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ISSN 1990-2573Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: EDP Sciences
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 129 / 243 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.3.
Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications is Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 129 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications 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 3.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 47th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.277, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 42.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,921 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 the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications is published by EDP Sciences. Its ISSN is 1990-2573.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications has an h-index of 45 and a 2-year mean of 1.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #141 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications published 57 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 83 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Germany (25.1%), China (18.9%) and Spain (10%).
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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