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Optical Fiber Technology

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1994

ISSN1095-9912

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.538

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.988

Total Worksi

4,334

Total Citationsi

58,322

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Optical Fiber Technology publishes theoretical and experimental papers on fiber materials, devices, and system performance evaluation and measurements, with emphasis on practical applications. The journal covers innovations in optical fiber technology relevant to communications, and includes fields such as optics, control and systems engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 391 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,334

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-9912

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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

278

5.4k

2019

283

4.5k

2020

310

4.6k

2021

355

3.9k

2022

385

3.2k

2023

413

2024

374

818

2025

211

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 OpticsQ2

Control and Systems EngineeringQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ2

InstrumentationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicOpticsTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringInstrumentationElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Fiber Optic SensorsOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhotonic and Optical DevicesPhotonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsAdvanced Photonic Communication SystemsAdvanced Optical Network TechnologiesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Optical Fiber Technology

Is Optical Fiber Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Optical Fiber Technology: 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 Optical Fiber Technology?

Optical Fiber Technology 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 2.31.

Is Optical Fiber Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Optical Fiber Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.