Scanning

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

ISSN1932-8745

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2023-04-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.392

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,784

Total Citationsi

39,092

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Instrumentation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 90 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2023)

Total Publications2,784

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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1932-8745

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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

2016

802

2017

810

2018

465

2019

511

2020

1.2k

2021

114

703

2022

2023

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

InstrumentationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsInstrumentation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesAdvancements in Photolithography TechniquesAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure AnalysisDental materials and restorationsApplied Advanced TechnologiesX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence AnalysisEndodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Scanning

Is Scanning a predatory journal?

Scanning was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2023-04-24). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Scanning?

Scanning is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.392.

Is Scanning indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scanning is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Scanning?