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Spectroscopy Letters is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 0038-7010Verify ISSN ↗1532-2289Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 155 / 243 | 36th | Q3 |
| Spectroscopy | 61 / 81 | 25th | Q3 |
| Analytical Chemistry | 123 / 160 | 23rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1968–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.4.
Spectroscopy Letters is Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 155 of 243), Q3 in Spectroscopy (rank 61 of 81) and Q4 in Analytical Chemistry (rank 123 of 160), by CiteScore 2025.
Spectroscopy Letters 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 2.4, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 36th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.221, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 45.
Spectroscopy Letters is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0038-7010 and its online ISSN is 1532-2289.
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.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Spectroscopy Letters has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 1.23 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #156 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Spectroscopy Letters published 131 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 93 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (34.9%), China (21%) and Bangladesh (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). 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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