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ACS Applied Optical Materials

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 2022

ISSN2771-9855eISSN2771-9855

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.619

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

963

Total Citationsi

4,104

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Optics; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Spectroscopy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2022

Annual Volume~ 271 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications963

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2771-9855 / 2771-9855

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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

584

2022

217

2023

287

1.7k

2024

310

860

2025

226

102

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 OpticsQ2

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ2

SpectroscopyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryOptics

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchOrganic Light-Emitting Diodes ResearchPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications2D Materials and ApplicationsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesMetamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

Frequently asked questions about ACS Applied Optical Materials

Is ACS Applied Optical Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACS Applied Optical Materials: 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 ACS Applied Optical Materials?

ACS Applied Optical Materials 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 2.69.

Is ACS Applied Optical Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACS Applied Optical Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACS Applied Optical Materials?