Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Discipline	Optics, spectroscopy, radiative heat transfer
Language	English
Edited by	Peter Bernath, Mathieu Francoeur, Miroslav Kocifaj
Publication details
History	1961—present
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	Irregular
Impact factor	1.9 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	JQSRAE
ISSN	0022-4073  (print) 1879-1352  (web)
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Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. Established in 1961, ^[1] it covers research in optics and spectroscopy, including light scattering, radiative heat transfer and computational methods. ^[2] Its founding editor-in-chief is Stanford S. Penner; Peter Bernath (Old Dominion University), Mathieu Francoeur (University of Utah) and Miroslav Kocifaj (Slovak Academy of Sciences) serve as the current editors-in-chief. ^[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Chemical Abstracts Core ^[4]
• Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences ^[5]
• Ei Compendex ^[4]
• GEOBASE ^[4]
• EBSCO databases ^[4]
• Science Citation Index Expanded ^[5]
• Inspec ^[4]
• Scopus ^[4]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 1.9. ^[6]

References

1. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (JQSRAE; 0022-4073)– via CASSI
2. "Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer: Aims and Scope". sciencedirect.com. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
3. "Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer: Editorial Board". sciencedirect.com. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
4. "Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved October 27, 2025.
5. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved October 17, 2025.
6. "Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.

External links

• Official website