A List of Optics Journals with Impact Factors
Open access journals:
Journal of the European Optical Society: Rapid Publications (JEOS: RP) is an on line, open access, peer-reviewed journal published by the European Optical Society. The journal is completely free to view and the authors pay a mandatory publication fee
Optics Express is an open access, rapid publication journal by the Optical Society of America and published every other Monday. Optics Express is one of the most heavily cited journals in Optics with an impact factor of 3.709. The costs are paid by the authors and thus get a wide range of audience. It publishes original, peer-reviewed articles that report new developments in the field of Optics.
The Open Optics Journal is a peer-reviewed, open access journal from Bentham Open covering research articles and reviews in all areas of optics.
Subscription based journals:
Advances in Optics and Photonics is a new journal from the Optical Society of America, planned to capture the most important advances in optics and photonics with four issues per year.
Applied Optics is Optical Society of America’s one of the most widely circulated journals, published three times a month. Each issue of the journal contains four divisions of editorial scope: Optical Technology; Information Processing; Lasers, Photonics, and Environmental Optics; and Biomedical Optics. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 1.701.
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics is a peer-reviewed, rapid publication of experimental and theoretical investigations in the field of laser physics and optics, with an impact factor of 2.280.
Applied Physics Letters from the American Institute of Physics, publishes brief, latest information on new findings in applied physics. The journal is published on line daily and collected into weekly on line and printed issues. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 3.596.
Applied Spectroscopy is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy and available from SAS and OSA, and covers applications in analytical chemistry, materials science, biotechnology, and chemical characterization.
Chinese Optics Letters (COL) is considered as one of the most significant journals in optics in China, published from January 2003.
Fiber and Integrated Optics is an international bimonthly journal, published by Taylor & Francis covers articles on optical fibres and electro-optical devices.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics is one of the highly cited journals in Optics, with an impact factor of 2.384; published by the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. This journal publishes novel papers in various areas of quantum electronic devices and technologies.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (JQE), published by IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society is a peer-reviewed journal covering advances in the understanding of quantum electronics phenomena emphasizing quantum electronics principles or devices.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (PTL) published by IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, twice on line and once every month in print, is a peer-reviewed, rapid publication journal covering innovative research relevant to photonics technology. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 2.015.
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics is a peer-reviewed journal in the area of applied physics, published monthly by The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
Journal of Applied Physics from the American Institute of Physics publishes new findings in applied physics and emphasizes on understanding of the physics underlying modern technology. The journal is published on line daily and collected into two on line and printed issues per month. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 2.171.
Journal of Display Technology is a joint quarterly publication of the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and covers theory, fabrication, manufacturing and application of information displays.
Journal of Laser Applications is the official journal of the Laser Institute of America, published four times a year and covers areas that apply laser technology.
Journal of Lightwave Technology is a joint bimonthly publication of the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and contains both theoretical and experimental papers on current research, applications and methods used in lightwave technology and fiber optics. The journal impact factor for the year 2007 was 2.196.
Journal of Luminescence is a peer-reviewed journal, with an impact factor of 1.611, published semi-monthly by Elsevier.
Journal of Modern Optics by Taylor & Francis publishes articles on classical and quantum optics, with an impact factor of 1.074.
Journal of Optical Networking (JON) is published monthly by the Optical Society of America.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A (known as J. Opt. Soc. Am. A or simply JOSA A) is a peer-reviewed journal, published by the Optical Society of America and covers various topics in classical optics, image science and vision. 2007 impact factor of the journal was 1.776.
Journal of the Optical Society of America B (known as J. Opt. Soc. Am. B or simply JOSA B) is a peer-reviewed journal, published by the Optical Society of America and covers various topics in the field of optical physics particularly quantum optics, nonlinear optics and laser physics. 2007 impact factor of the journal was 2.030.
Journal of Optical Technology is a monthly publication in English-language translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal and originates at the S.I. Vavilov Optical Institute in Russia and includes design details of a diversity of optical instruments with a strong section on computational optics.
Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics published by Institute of Physics, covers all aspects of modern and classical physics. Issued since 1999, the journal is one of the top journals in optics with an impact factor of 1.752.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan is a peer-reviewed journal in Physics including optics and quantum electronics articles, published semi-monthly on line and monthly in print by The Physical Society of Japan.
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics by Institute of Physics, publishes quality research in all areas of atomic, molecular and optical physics. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 2.012.
Laser Physics is a monthly international published by Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing and distributed through Springer.
Laser Physics Letters is a monthly international peer-reviewed journal in the area of laser physics, published by Wiley-VCH and distributed through Wiley InterScience.
Optical and Quantum Electronics from Springer publishes novel research papers, tutorial reviews and letters in the fields of optical physics, optical engineering and optoelectronics.
Optical Fiber Technology is published by Elsevier, covers various topics on fiber materials, devices, system performances and measurements. The journal impact factor for the year 2007 was 0.845.
Optical Materials by Elsevier publishes articles on the design, synthesis, characterization and applications of optical materials, with an impact factor of 1.519.
Optical Review is published by the Optical Society of Japan (an affiliate of the Japan Society of Applied Physics) and publishes research and review papers in all areas of optics on a bimonthly basis.
Optics and Laser Technology by Elsevier, publishes high quality research and review papers related to the progress and application of the optics and laser technology, with an impact factor of 0.872.
Optics and Lasers in Engineering by Elsevier, reflects the main areas in which optical methods are being used and developed in the engineering environment, with an impact factor of 0.872.
Optics and Photonics News (OPN) is the monthly membership magazine of the Optical Society of America and provides in-depth coverage of latest progresses in optics.
Optics and Spectroscopy, published for the Russian Academy of Sciences by Maik Nauka/Interperiodica and distributed by Springer, publishes research and review papers on a monthly basis covering various topics of modern optics and spectroscopy.
Optics Communications is a peer-reviewed publication from Elsevier, with an impact factor 1.314 and available from 1969. It reports new results in various fields of optical science and technology.
Optics Letters from Optical Society of America offers quick distribution of new results in all areas of optics with a maximum of three pages, original, peer-reviewed communications, published twice a month. According to the 2007 JCR, Optics Letter received the highest impact factor of 3.711 in all optics journals.
Optik – International Journal for Light and Electron Optics by Elsevier publishes articles on all subjects related to light and electron optics, with an impact factor of 0.383.
Proceedings of SPIE is the conference proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering.
Solid State Communications by Elsevier publishes short communications on significant developments in condensed matter science, with an impact factor of 1.535.
Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics by Optical Society of America publishes selected articles from recently published OSA's peer-reviewed journals and articles from Applied Spectroscopy journal by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.
Open access journals:
Journal of the European Optical Society: Rapid Publications (JEOS: RP) is an on line, open access, peer-reviewed journal published by the European Optical Society. The journal is completely free to view and the authors pay a mandatory publication fee
Optics Express is an open access, rapid publication journal by the Optical Society of America and published every other Monday. Optics Express is one of the most heavily cited journals in Optics with an impact factor of 3.709. The costs are paid by the authors and thus get a wide range of audience. It publishes original, peer-reviewed articles that report new developments in the field of Optics.
The Open Optics Journal is a peer-reviewed, open access journal from Bentham Open covering research articles and reviews in all areas of optics.
Subscription based journals:
Advances in Optics and Photonics is a new journal from the Optical Society of America, planned to capture the most important advances in optics and photonics with four issues per year.
Applied Optics is Optical Society of America’s one of the most widely circulated journals, published three times a month. Each issue of the journal contains four divisions of editorial scope: Optical Technology; Information Processing; Lasers, Photonics, and Environmental Optics; and Biomedical Optics. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 1.701.
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics is a peer-reviewed, rapid publication of experimental and theoretical investigations in the field of laser physics and optics, with an impact factor of 2.280.
Applied Physics Letters from the American Institute of Physics, publishes brief, latest information on new findings in applied physics. The journal is published on line daily and collected into weekly on line and printed issues. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 3.596.
Applied Spectroscopy is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy and available from SAS and OSA, and covers applications in analytical chemistry, materials science, biotechnology, and chemical characterization.
Chinese Optics Letters (COL) is considered as one of the most significant journals in optics in China, published from January 2003.
Fiber and Integrated Optics is an international bimonthly journal, published by Taylor & Francis covers articles on optical fibres and electro-optical devices.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics is one of the highly cited journals in Optics, with an impact factor of 2.384; published by the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. This journal publishes novel papers in various areas of quantum electronic devices and technologies.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (JQE), published by IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society is a peer-reviewed journal covering advances in the understanding of quantum electronics phenomena emphasizing quantum electronics principles or devices.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (PTL) published by IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, twice on line and once every month in print, is a peer-reviewed, rapid publication journal covering innovative research relevant to photonics technology. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 2.015.
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics is a peer-reviewed journal in the area of applied physics, published monthly by The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
Journal of Applied Physics from the American Institute of Physics publishes new findings in applied physics and emphasizes on understanding of the physics underlying modern technology. The journal is published on line daily and collected into two on line and printed issues per month. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 2.171.
Journal of Display Technology is a joint quarterly publication of the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and covers theory, fabrication, manufacturing and application of information displays.
Journal of Laser Applications is the official journal of the Laser Institute of America, published four times a year and covers areas that apply laser technology.
Journal of Lightwave Technology is a joint bimonthly publication of the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and contains both theoretical and experimental papers on current research, applications and methods used in lightwave technology and fiber optics. The journal impact factor for the year 2007 was 2.196.
Journal of Luminescence is a peer-reviewed journal, with an impact factor of 1.611, published semi-monthly by Elsevier.
Journal of Modern Optics by Taylor & Francis publishes articles on classical and quantum optics, with an impact factor of 1.074.
Journal of Optical Networking (JON) is published monthly by the Optical Society of America.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A (known as J. Opt. Soc. Am. A or simply JOSA A) is a peer-reviewed journal, published by the Optical Society of America and covers various topics in classical optics, image science and vision. 2007 impact factor of the journal was 1.776.
Journal of the Optical Society of America B (known as J. Opt. Soc. Am. B or simply JOSA B) is a peer-reviewed journal, published by the Optical Society of America and covers various topics in the field of optical physics particularly quantum optics, nonlinear optics and laser physics. 2007 impact factor of the journal was 2.030.
Journal of Optical Technology is a monthly publication in English-language translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal and originates at the S.I. Vavilov Optical Institute in Russia and includes design details of a diversity of optical instruments with a strong section on computational optics.
Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics published by Institute of Physics, covers all aspects of modern and classical physics. Issued since 1999, the journal is one of the top journals in optics with an impact factor of 1.752.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan is a peer-reviewed journal in Physics including optics and quantum electronics articles, published semi-monthly on line and monthly in print by The Physical Society of Japan.
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics by Institute of Physics, publishes quality research in all areas of atomic, molecular and optical physics. 2007 impact factor for the journal was 2.012.
Laser Physics is a monthly international published by Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing and distributed through Springer.
Laser Physics Letters is a monthly international peer-reviewed journal in the area of laser physics, published by Wiley-VCH and distributed through Wiley InterScience.
Optical and Quantum Electronics from Springer publishes novel research papers, tutorial reviews and letters in the fields of optical physics, optical engineering and optoelectronics.
Optical Fiber Technology is published by Elsevier, covers various topics on fiber materials, devices, system performances and measurements. The journal impact factor for the year 2007 was 0.845.
Optical Materials by Elsevier publishes articles on the design, synthesis, characterization and applications of optical materials, with an impact factor of 1.519.
Optical Review is published by the Optical Society of Japan (an affiliate of the Japan Society of Applied Physics) and publishes research and review papers in all areas of optics on a bimonthly basis.
Optics and Laser Technology by Elsevier, publishes high quality research and review papers related to the progress and application of the optics and laser technology, with an impact factor of 0.872.
Optics and Lasers in Engineering by Elsevier, reflects the main areas in which optical methods are being used and developed in the engineering environment, with an impact factor of 0.872.
Optics and Photonics News (OPN) is the monthly membership magazine of the Optical Society of America and provides in-depth coverage of latest progresses in optics.
Optics and Spectroscopy, published for the Russian Academy of Sciences by Maik Nauka/Interperiodica and distributed by Springer, publishes research and review papers on a monthly basis covering various topics of modern optics and spectroscopy.
Optics Communications is a peer-reviewed publication from Elsevier, with an impact factor 1.314 and available from 1969. It reports new results in various fields of optical science and technology.
Optics Letters from Optical Society of America offers quick distribution of new results in all areas of optics with a maximum of three pages, original, peer-reviewed communications, published twice a month. According to the 2007 JCR, Optics Letter received the highest impact factor of 3.711 in all optics journals.
Optik – International Journal for Light and Electron Optics by Elsevier publishes articles on all subjects related to light and electron optics, with an impact factor of 0.383.
Proceedings of SPIE is the conference proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering.
Solid State Communications by Elsevier publishes short communications on significant developments in condensed matter science, with an impact factor of 1.535.
Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics by Optical Society of America publishes selected articles from recently published OSA's peer-reviewed journals and articles from Applied Spectroscopy journal by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.
