Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. Established in 1961, it covers research in optics and spectroscopy, including light scattering, radiative heat transfer and computational methods. Its founding editor-in-chief was Stanford S. Penner. Peter Bernath, Mathieu Francoeur and Miroslav Kocifaj serve as the current editors-in-chief.