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Color Research and Application

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1520-6378

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.59

H-Indexi

101

SNIPi

0.985

Total Worksi

5,188

Total Citationsi

67,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Applied; Imaging Science & Photographic Technology; Optics; Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous); Chemistry (miscellaneous); Human Factors and Ergonomics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 69 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,188

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

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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?

1520-6378

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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

132

1.3k

2019

141

1.5k

2020

167

1.2k

2021

406

2022

425

2023

137

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

Human Factors and ErgonomicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, AppliedImaging Science & Photographic TechnologyOptics

Scopus Categories

Human Factors and ErgonomicsChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Color Science and ApplicationsColor perception and designVisual perception and processing mechanismsDyeing and Modifying Textile Fibersmelanin and skin pigmentationImage Enhancement TechniquesCultural Heritage Materials AnalysisMultisensory perception and integrationPigment Synthesis and PropertiesCategorization, perception, and language

Frequently asked questions about Color Research and Application

Is Color Research and Application a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Color Research and Application: 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 Color Research and Application?

Color Research and Application 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 0.70.

Is Color Research and Application indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Color Research and Application is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Color Research and Application?