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Acoustics Australia

Australian Acoustical Society · Australia · Est. 1985

ISSN1839-2571

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.333

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.91

Total Worksi

400

Total Citationsi

3,543

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Acoustics Australia is a peer-reviewed journal publishing research and technical papers across diverse areas of acoustics. Offers original, review, and tutorial papers as well as technical notes on various acoustics topics. Covers areas including Architectural and Building Acoustics, Environmental Noise, Underwater Acoustics, and Engineering Noise and Vibration Control. Has been the journal of the Australian Acoustical Society since 1972. Aims to publish content relevant to current acoustics research and practical applications.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications400

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Australian Acoustical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1839-2571

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

370

2019

324

2020

691

2021

208

2022

128

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.

Acoustics and UltrasonicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Acoustics

Scopus Categories

Acoustics and Ultrasonics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Acoustic Wave Phenomena ResearchNoise Effects and ManagementUnderwater Acoustics ResearchVehicle Noise and Vibration ControlHearing Loss and RehabilitationAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet FlowsMarine animal studies overviewSpeech and Audio ProcessingAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Frequently asked questions about Acoustics Australia

Is Acoustics Australia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acoustics Australia: 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 Acoustics Australia?

Acoustics Australia 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 0.81.

Is Acoustics Australia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acoustics Australia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.