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Optik is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.8). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
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ISSN 0030-4026Verify ISSN ↗1618-1336Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$2,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 36 / 243 | 85th | Q1 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 151 / 1030 | 85th | Q1 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 55 / 318 | 82nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present (also 1968–1988, 1946), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.8.
Optik is Q1 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 36 of 243), Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 151 of 1030) and Q1 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 55 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
Optik is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.8, quartile Q1, 85th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.459, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 121.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,650 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.
Optik is published by Elsevier GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0030-4026 and its online ISSN is 1618-1336.
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.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Optik has an h-index of 131 and a 2-year mean of 3.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #51 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Optik published 275 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 1,943. 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 90 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (25.7%), China (11.1%) and Iraq (9.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 84 retracted papers are recorded (3.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 36 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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