Waves in Random and Complex Media

Waves in Random and Complex Media is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, together about 31.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanics of Materials. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Waves in Random and Complex Media (formerly Waves in Random Media ) is a broad, interdisciplinary journal that reports theoretical, applied and experimental research related to any wave phenomena. The field of wave phenomena is all-pervading, fast-moving and exciting; more and more, researchers are looking for a journal which addresses the understanding of wave-matter interactions in increasingly complex natural and engineered media. With its foundations in the scattering and propagation community, Waves in Random and Complex Media is becoming a key forum for research in both established fields such as imaging through turbulence, as well as emerging fields such as metamaterials. The Journal is of interest to scientists and engineers working in the field of wave propagation, scattering and imaging in random or complex media. Papers on theoretical developments, experimental results and analytical/numerical studies are considered for publication, as are deterministic problems when also linked to random or complex media. Papers are expected to report original work, and must be comprehensible and of general interest to the broad community working with wave phenomena. The Journal welcomes studies of waves in random and/or complex media, such as tissue or metamaterials, nonlinear, chaotic or fractal media, as well as relevant inverse problems (the physical problem’s significance within one or more of the areas of wave propagation, scattering and imaging in random or complex media should be articulated). Examples of topics covered are: Propagation and diffraction of classical waves Quantum and nonlinear effects in complex media Scattering and inverse scattering, backscattering enhancement, multiple scattering, rough surface and volume scattering Surface waves and surface excitation, including plasmonics Statistical properties of waves Electromagnetics of metamaterials and photonic bandgap structures Examples of specific applications include optical properties of photonic crystals, applications of microwaves to remote sensing (e.g. FOPEN) and medical imaging. All published research articles in Waves in Random and Complex Media have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized. Publishing Ethics Statement: The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Physics, Multidisciplinary

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE on 20 March 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

3.33LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

6.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.48LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.08LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

40LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

65OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,066OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.25OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0.42%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

447LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

73,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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Average review time (community reports)

about 3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

9%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

16 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

109 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

16 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

ISSN

1745-5030

Electronic ISSN

1745-5049

Latest issue on the website

Volume 36, Issue 4 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website