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Optics Continuum is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
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Publisher: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 506 / 1030 | 50th | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 144 / 243 | 40th | Q3 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 191 / 318 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.8.
Optics Continuum is Q2 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 506 of 1030), Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 144 of 243) and Q3 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 191 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
Optics Continuum 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 50th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.352, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 35.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,372 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 Continuum is published by Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA). Its ISSN is 2770-0208.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Optics Continuum has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 1.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #422 of 744 Scopus journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Optics Continuum published 254 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 264. 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 49 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (26.5%), Japan (8.2%) and Iraq (8.2%).
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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