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Optics is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2673-3269Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 45 / 88 | 49th | Q3 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 146 / 243 | 40th | Q3 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 193 / 318 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.6.
Optics is Q3 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 45 of 88), Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 146 of 243) and Q3 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 193 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
Optics is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 2.6, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 49th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.377, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 13.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,448 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.
Optics is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2673-3269.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Optics has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 1.36 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #47 of 87 Scopus journals in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).
Optics published 69 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (44.4%), Mexico (9.7%) and United States (9.5%).
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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