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Photoacoustics

Elsevier GmbH · Germany · Est. 2003

ISSN2213-5979eISSN2213-5979

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.557

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.657

Total Worksi

822

Total Citationsi

22,441

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Biomedical; Instruments & Instrumentation; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyFour Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications822

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2213-5979 / 2213-5979

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

3.3k

2019

3.2k

2020

2021

2.9k

2022

133

2.8k

2023

1.4k

2024

108

769

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 OpticsQ1

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, BiomedicalInstruments & InstrumentationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic ImagingThermography and Photoacoustic TechniquesOptical Imaging and Spectroscopy TechniquesSpectroscopy and Laser ApplicationsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsUltrasound and Hyperthermia ApplicationsOptical Coherence Tomography ApplicationsAdvanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Photoacoustics

Is Photoacoustics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Photoacoustics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Photoacoustics?

Photoacoustics 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 6.84.

Is Photoacoustics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Photoacoustics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.