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Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.1), WoS SCIE. Published by Optica Publishing Group.
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ISSN 1084-7529Verify ISSN ↗1520-8532Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 78 / 183 | 57th | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 134 / 243 | 45th | Q3 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 180 / 318 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1984–present (also 1979), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.1.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision is Q2 in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (rank 78 of 183), Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 134 of 243) and Q3 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 180 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision 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 3.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 57th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.411, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 182.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision is published by Optica Publishing Group. Its print ISSN is 1084-7529 and its online ISSN is 1520-8532.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision has an h-index of 242 and a 2-year mean of 2.02 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 110 Scopus journals in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision published 279 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 327. 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 55 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (26.4%), United States (21.5%) and France (10%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 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.
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