Frontiers in Photonics
Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland
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Aims & Scope
Frontiers in Photonics is a multidisciplinary open-access journal that publishes rigorous peer-reviewed research on all aspects of photonics, including but not limited to: * Optical materials and devices * Nanophotonics and plasmonics * Quantum optics and information * Biophotonics and medical optics * Optical imaging and sensing * Ultrafast optics and attosecond science * Laser physics and technology * Optical communications and networking * Photonic integrated circuits * Computational photonics * Metamaterials and transformation optics * Optoelectronics * Nonlinear optics * Terahertz science and technology * Free-electron lasers * Optical spectroscopy * Photonics for energy applications * Photonics in defense and security * Photonics in artificial intelligence and machine learning
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Ethics & Quality
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Publication & Citation Trend
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
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Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Photonics
Is Frontiers in Photonics a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Photonics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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 Frontiers in Photonics?
Frontiers in 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 2.15.
Is Frontiers in Photonics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Frontiers in Photonics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Photonics?
Frontiers in Photonics is a multidisciplinary open-access journal that publishes rigorous peer-reviewed research on all aspects of photonics, including but not limited to: * Optical materials and devices * Nanophotonics and plasmonics * Quantum optics and information * Biophotonics and medical optics * Optical imaging and sensing * Ultrafast optics and attosecond science * Laser physics and technology * Optical communications and networking * Photonic integrated circuits * Computational photonics * Metamaterials and transformation optics * Optoelectronics * Nonlinear
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