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Optical Materials
Optical Materials is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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Quick answers
Is Optical Materials indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.9.
What quartile is Optical Materials in Scopus?
Optical Materials is Q1 in Organic Chemistry (rank 36 of 215), Q1 in Spectroscopy (rank 14 of 81) and Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 173 of 1030), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Optical Materials?
Optical Materials 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 7.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.654, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 136.
How much does it cost to publish in Optical Materials?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,610 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Optical Materials and what is its ISSN?
Optical Materials is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0925-3467 and its online ISSN is 1873-1252.
Is Optical Materials covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Optical Materials in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Optical Materials open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Optical Materials? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Optical Materials has an h-index of 143 and a 2-year mean of 5.69 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #26 of 210 Scopus journals in Organic Chemistry.
143
h-index
5.69
2-yr mean citations
9,673
i10-index
17,834
works indexed
334,197
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,610
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#26 of 210Top 13%Organic Chemistry
#9 of 79Top 12%Spectroscopy
#81 of 744Top 11%Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Papers published per year
Optical Materials published 1,082 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 1,740. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsGlass properties and applicationsSolid State Laser TechnologiesPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
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.
Who publishes in Optical Materials? — latest 83 articles, 2026
In its latest 83 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (45.2%), India (7.5%) and Russia (6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Optical Materials? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 79 retracted papers are recorded (4.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers79 · 4.4 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flags3 · 0.2 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases and hijacked 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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