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Photonics Research

Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2327-9125eISSN2327-9125

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.836

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

1.952

Total Worksi

2,927

Total Citationsi

79,938

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Photonics Research publishes research related to nonlinear optics, optical devices, optical sensing and metrology, physical optics, quantum optics, silicon photonics, spectroscopy, and ultrafast optics. The journal covers the science and technology of optics and photonics, including materials science and physics and astronomy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencySix Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,927

Publisher OrgOptica Publishing Group

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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?

Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2327-9125 / 2327-9125

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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

238

12k

2019

273

12k

2020

351

13k

2021

321

9.2k

2022

247

5.1k

2023

335

2024

428

1.6k

2025

304

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

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Optics

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photonic and Optical DevicesAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsAdvanced Fiber Optic SensorsOptical Network TechnologiesPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhotonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems

Frequently asked questions about Photonics Research

Is Photonics Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Photonics Research: 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 Photonics Research?

Photonics Research 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 4.28.

Is Photonics Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Photonics Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.