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Photonics Spectra is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.1). Published by Laurin Publishing Co. Inc..
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ISSN 0731-1230Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Laurin Publishing Co. Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 238 / 243 | 2nd | Q4 |
| Analytical Chemistry | 160 / 160 | 0th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1994–present (also 1982–1990), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.1.
Photonics Spectra is Q4 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 238 of 243) and Q4 in Analytical Chemistry (rank 160 of 160), by CiteScore 2025.
Photonics Spectra 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 0.1, quartile Q4, 2nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.111, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 19.
Photonics Spectra is published by Laurin Publishing Co. Inc. Its ISSN is 0731-1230.
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.
Photonics Spectra has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #209 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Photonics Spectra published 2 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2008 with 6. 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.
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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