Photonics Research

ISSN 2327-9125 · Optica Publishing Group · United States · active 2013–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
5.5
SJR
1.836
h-index
112

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Photonics Research is Q1 in all 2 of its subject categories.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Photonics Research in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ1#20 of 229
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ1#29 of 279
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
7.06
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
325

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Photonics Research is Q1 in all 2 of its Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: Q1, #20 of 229), with SJR 1.836 (Scimago) and an h-index of 112 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to acceptance
99 days (median)
Estimated from our library (14 papers)
Acceptance to publication
67 days (median)
Estimated from our library (14 papers)
Submission to publication
177 days (median)
Estimated from our library (14 papers)

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
subscription. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

photonicopticaldeviceselectricalelectronicengineeringadvancedfiberlaseratomicmolecularphysics

Frequently asked

Is Photonics Research a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Photonics Research. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Photonics Research indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Photonics Research appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Photonics Research?

Papers in Photonics Research are cited about 5.5 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 112. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Photonics Research (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Photonics Research is Q1 in all 2 of its subject categories. By category: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: Q1, #20 of 229; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: Q1, #29 of 279. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Photonics Research is cited about 5.5 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 112.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Photonics Research?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Photonics Research. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Photonics Research open access?

Our index records its access status as "subscription". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

How long does Photonics Research take to publish a paper?

Submission to acceptance for Photonics Research takes about 99 days (median) — Estimated from our library (n=14 papers). Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Photonics Research.

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