Journal profile · Acoustics
Archives of Acoustics
ISSN 0137-5075 · eISSN 2300-262X · Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Acoustics · POLAND · Quarterly
Archives of Acoustics: CAS Zone 4 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.05; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 46 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archives of Acoustics is published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Acoustics and is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Noise Effects and Management and Speech and Audio Processing, together about 37.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Archives of Acoustics, the peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishes original research papers from all areas of acoustics like: acoustical measurements and instrumentation, acoustics of musics, acousto-optics, architectural, building and environmental acoustics, bioacoustics, electroacoustics, linear and nonlinear acoustics, noise and vibration, physical and chemical effects of sound, physiological acoustics, psychoacoustics, quantum acoustics, speech processing and communication systems, speech production and perception, transducers, ultrasonics, underwater acoustics.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Acoustics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Acoustic Wave Phenomena ResearchEngineering16.8%
- Noise Effects and ManagementHealth Professions12.4%
- Speech and Audio ProcessingComputer Science8.6%
- Hearing Loss and RehabilitationNeuroscience7.7%
- Vehicle Noise and Vibration ControlEngineering6.6%
- Music and Audio ProcessingComputer Science4.3%
- Underwater Acoustics ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences4.3%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.05LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 258OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,109 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 25 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 91 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 166 |
| 2022 | 57 | 57 | 114 |
| 2021 | 68 | 68 | 243 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Acoustics
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0137-5075
- Electronic ISSN
- 2300-262X
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Acoustics
What CAS zone is Archives of Acoustics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Archives of Acoustics is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Acoustics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Archives of Acoustics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.05; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Archives of Acoustics?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Archives of Acoustics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Acoustics is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Archives of Acoustics open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Acoustics is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .