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Neurophotonics

SPIE · United States · Est. 1993

ISSN2329-4248

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.096

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.427

Total Worksi

897

Total Citationsi

20,923

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Optics; Radiological and Ultrasound Technology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Neuroscience (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications897

Publisher OrgSPIE

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SPIE

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2329-4248

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

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

2019

1.5k

2020

1.9k

2021

1.8k

2022

985

2023

601

2024

105

200

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.

Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyQ1

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NeurosciencesOptics

Scopus Categories

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingRadiological and Ultrasound Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy TechniquesPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesNon-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringPhotoacoustic and Ultrasonic ImagingNeural dynamics and brain functionFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesOptical Coherence Tomography ApplicationsNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research

Frequently asked questions about Neurophotonics

Is Neurophotonics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Neurophotonics: 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 Neurophotonics?

Neurophotonics 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 2.59.

Is Neurophotonics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Neurophotonics?