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Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

Pleiades Publishing · United States

ISSN1024-8560eISSN2070-0393

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.298

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.417

Total Worksi

1,736

Total Citationsi

9,029

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Optics; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecological Modeling; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Instrumentation; Oceanography; Pollution; Atmospheric Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 126 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,736

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pleiades Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1024-8560 / 2070-0393

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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?

English

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

802

2019

623

2020

105

359

2021

132

551

2022

113

307

2023

146

168

2024

120

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 OpticsQ3

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ3

Ecological ModelingQ3

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

InstrumentationQ3

OceanographyQ3

PollutionQ3

Atmospheric ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Optics

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceOceanographyEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsEcological ModelingEarth-Surface ProcessesInstrumentationPollution

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Atmospheric Ozone and ClimateAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsSpectroscopy and Laser Applications

Frequently asked questions about Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

Is Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics?

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics 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 0.49.

Is Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.