Journal profile · Optics
Optik
ISSN 0030-4026 · eISSN 1618-1336 · Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena · GERMANY · Monthly · Founded 1946
Optik: impact factor 3.11; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,650; review about 5.7 months (community reports); 275 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Optik is published by Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Optical Network Technologies, together about 26.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Optics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering10.2%
- Advanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy9.8%
- Optical Network TechnologiesEngineering6.3%
- Advanced Fiber Optic SensorsEngineering6.2%
- Nonlinear Photonic SystemsPhysics and Astronomy5.6%
- Nonlinear Waves and SolitonsPhysics and Astronomy5.4%
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsEngineering4.2%
- Photonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Physics & Astronomy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE for editorial reasons on 21 August 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 3.11LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 131OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,834OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.95OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,513LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 22,456 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 200 | 20 | 59 |
| 2025 | 275 | 21 | 575 |
| 2024 | 423 | 51 | 2,913 |
| 2023 | 935 | 97 | 9,314 |
| 2022 | 1,608 | 105 | 19,982 |
| 2021 | 1,869 | 124 | 28,890 |
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)
- about 5.7 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 92%LetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,650 / EUR 2,480 / GBP 2,120 / JPY 328,680 | — | — |
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
- Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1946
- ISSN
- 0030-4026
- Electronic ISSN
- 1618-1336
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Optik
What is the impact factor of Optik?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.11; CiteScore 8.8, h-index 131.
How long does peer review take at Optik?
Authors report an average review time of about 5.7 months. 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 Optik?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Optik is indexed in Scopus.
Is Optik open access, and what is the APC?
Optik is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .