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Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya)

Pleiades Publishing · United States · Est. 1959

ISSN1562-6911

SJR Q4✓ 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.

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📊 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

0.141

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.196

Total Worksi

16,705

Total Citationsi

49,269

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1959

Annual Volume~ 85 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications16,705

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

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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?

Pleiades Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1562-6911

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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

297

1.6k

2019

287

1.4k

2020

180

472

2021

191

2022

169

118

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

OpticsSpectroscopy

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Laser Design and ApplicationsSpectroscopy and Laser ApplicationsQuantum optics and atomic interactionsOptical and Acousto-Optic TechnologiesPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesLaser-Matter Interactions and ApplicationsAtomic and Molecular PhysicsLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsOptical Polarization and EllipsometryPhotonic and Optical Devices

Frequently asked questions about Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya)

Is Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya): 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 Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya)?

Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya) 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 0.44.

Is Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya)?