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Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1993

ISSN1751-6552

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.34

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.58

Total Worksi

1,361

Total Citationsi

31,096

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Applied; Spectroscopy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,361

Publisher OrgSAGE 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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-6552

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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

510

2019

448

2020

259

2021

380

2022

145

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.

SpectroscopyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, AppliedSpectroscopy

Scopus Categories

Spectroscopy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchAdvanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesMeat and Animal Product QualityWater Quality Monitoring and AnalysisWood Treatment and PropertiesWood and Agarwood ResearchSoil Geostatistics and MappingOptical Imaging and Spectroscopy TechniquesGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Is Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy: 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 Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy?

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy 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 1.63.

Is Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy?