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Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1098-2760

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.267

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.53

Total Worksi

22,030

Total Citationsi

169,208

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Condensed Matter Physics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencySemimonthly, <Dec. 2002->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications22,030

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1098-2760

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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

561

5.8k

2019

551

4.6k

2020

386

2.4k

2021

457

1.9k

2022

410

1.6k

2023

448

980

2024

451

393

2025

270

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

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ3

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ3

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicOptics

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microwave Engineering and WaveguidesAntenna Design and AnalysisAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface TechnologiesRadio Frequency Integrated Circuit DesignPhotonic and Optical DevicesEnergy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksElectromagnetic Simulation and Numerical MethodsElectromagnetic Scattering and AnalysisAntenna Design and OptimizationOptical Network Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Is Microwave and Optical Technology Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Microwave and Optical Technology Letters: 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 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters?

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 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 1.04.

Is Microwave and Optical Technology Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.