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Advanced Photonics

SPIE · United States · Est. 2019

ISSN2577-5421eISSN2577-5421

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.365

H-Indexi

SNIPi

4.396

Total Worksi

505

Total Citationsi

15,358

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Optics; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Biomedical Engineering; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications505

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

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?

2577-5421 / 2577-5421

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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

3.1k

2019

2020

3.6k

2021

2.4k

2022

2.4k

2023

1.7k

2024

109

1.1k

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

Biomedical EngineeringQ1

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Optics

Scopus Categories

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsBiomedical EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photonic and Optical DevicesOptical Network TechnologiesMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesNeural Networks and Reservoir ComputingOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsQuantum Information and Cryptography

Frequently asked questions about Advanced Photonics

Is Advanced Photonics a predatory journal?

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

Advanced Photonics 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 8.41.

Is Advanced Photonics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advanced Photonics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Advanced Photonics?