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Optica Applicata

Technical University of Wroclaw · Poland

ISSN0078-5466eISSN1899-7015

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2014-08-28). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.156

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.279

Total Worksi

1,266

Total Citationsi

4,546

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Optics; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,266

Publisher OrgWrocław University of Science and Technology

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Technical University of Wroclaw

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0078-5466 / 1899-7015

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

131

2020

124

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ4

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Optics

Scopus Categories

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photonic and Optical DevicesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesAdvanced Fiber Optic SensorsGlass properties and applicationsPhotonic Crystals and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Optica Applicata

Is Optica Applicata a predatory journal?

Optica Applicata was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2014-08-28). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Optica Applicata?

Optica Applicata is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.25.

Is Optica Applicata indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Optica Applicata is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Optica Applicata?