SPIE journals announce increases in 2021 CiteScore and Impact Factor

The Society’s journals’ impact continues to grow across the optics and photonics technical community
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BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA — Today SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, announced 2021 CiteScores and Impact Factors across its journal portfolio. Six SPIE journals saw increases in their Impact Factors, while eight saw a rise in their CiteScore metric. CiteScores are part of the Scopus database, owned by Elsevier, and journal Impact Factors are listed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate Analytics. CiteScore and Impact Factor are both important citation metrics for STEM journals.

The 2021 CiteScores (first) and Impact Factors (second) for SPIE journals are as follows:

  • Advanced Photonics: 13.8 and 13.58
  • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing: 3.0 and 1.57
  • Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems: 4.3 and 1.91
  • Journal of Biomedical Optics: 6.6 and 3.76
  • Journal of Electronic Imaging: 2.2 and 0.83
  • Journal of Medical Imaging: 5.9 (CiteScore only)
  • Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning, Materials, and Metrology: 3.2 and 1.17
  • Journal of Nanophotonics: 2.8 and 1.18
  • Journal of Photonics for Energy: 3.7 and 1.73
  • Neurophotonics: 8.3 and 4.21
  • Optical Engineering: 2.6 and 1.35

Additional information about SPIE journals, including access to the journals, is available via the SPIE Digital Library. Authors interested in submitting their research to SPIE journals can visit our website for details regarding scope and submission guidelines.

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, brings engineers, scientists, students, and business professionals together to advance light-based science and technology. The Society, founded in 1955, connects and engages with our global constituency through industry-leading conferences and exhibitions; publications of conference proceedings, books, and journals in the SPIE Digital Library; and career-building opportunities. Over the past five years, SPIE has contributed more than $22 million to the international optics community through our advocacy and support, including scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gifts, and public-policy development. www.spie.org.

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