The manuscript was submitted on July 11; The review comments of the manuscript was raised on September 7; The revised manuscript was resubmitted on September 16; The power transfer was filled in online on September 22; It was provisionally accepted on September 24; it was formally accepted on October 13. On the whole, it went well, but it took a long time to wait for the email pf formal acceptance. During the period, I emailed to the editor and urged.

(0) Thank | 小鱼饼炒青椒

The manuscript was submitted on July 11; The review comments of the manuscript was raised on September 7; The revised manuscript was resubmitted on September 16; The power transfer was filled in online on September 22; It was provisionally accepted on September 24; it was formally accepted on October 13. On the whole, it went well, but it took a long time to wait for the email pf formal acceptance. During the period, I emailed to the editor and urged.

(0) Thank | 小鱼饼炒青椒

Very good journal for the field. Has quite high standard for novelty. Research that is mostly on theory but lacks experimental studies can consider this journal, and it does not charge the page fee! I submitted the manuscript at the end of August. Two reviewers, one asked for minor revision and the other major revision; I was given one month. After revision, one reviewer accepted, and the other asked for minor revision; I got two weeks this time. Accepted in early December!

(1) Thank | L_Cherish

May I ask, when submitting a contribution, it is required to upload a copyright transfer form. How should I proceed with this?

(0) Thank | kylo

Hello, may I ask where to obtain the copyright transfer form for the Journal of Optics?

(0) Thank | kylo

Hello, where can I obtain the copyright transfer form for the Journal of Optics?

(0) Thank | kylo

Manuscript Received 22-Jun-2023
Awaiting Referee Reports 15-July-2023
Major Revision 25-Sep-2023
A revision has been submitted (JOPT-110424.R1) 21-Oct-2023
Provisionally Accepting 12-Dec-2023

(0) Thank | 猎阜

Time Line:
Manuscript Received 22-Jun-2023
Awaiting Referee Reports 15-July-2023
Major Revision 25-Sep-2023
A revision has been submitted 21-Oct-2023
Provisionally Accepting 12-Dec-2023

(1) Thank | 猎阜

Encountered a bad editor. Because the paper was written using a template provided by a colleague, and the editor noticed that the creator of the document was not listed in the list of authors, he repeatedly asked some boring questions (impossible to obtain any substantive information to verify plagiarism/ non-plagiarism, such as why use a template, who he is, what the template looks like? Note that the above questions, only one is asked in each email), each reply takes a week, so the paper was directly withdrawn

(0) Thank | qwynick

How long does the editing and review process usually take? It's been 15 days and there's still no progress on mine

(0) Thank | 顺利发出文章

May I ask what is the submission website of iop? Could you please provide it?

(0) Thank | mentu1561

Try not to submit your work during the summer vacation. My first submission was not during the summer vacation, and the review process was fast. The second submission, which was during the summer vacation, was very slow. It is evident that the speed increased after the summer vacation.

(0) Thank | 丛林土鳖

May I ask, when submitting a contribution, is it required to upload a copyright transfer form? How should I go about doing this?

(0) Thank | 我是山大王呀

May I ask, when submitting a contribution, it is required to upload a copyright transfer form. How should I go about doing this?

(0) Thank | 我是山大王呀

Excuse me, does JO charge a layout fee, or is it optional? Also, may I ask what the copyright transfer uploaded during submission is used for?

(0) Thank | 申小小

Initial review takes about a month, and after major revisions, the second review also takes about a month. Minor revisions are accepted after one week. The entire process takes two and a half months.

The reviewers are very meticulous, asking professional and objective questions without requiring references to other papers. If the answers are not detailed enough, the reviewers may even provide their own calculations in the second round of questioning.

Overall, the reviewers have a rigorous attitude and high expertise. Their questions are precise and they won't overlook any lack of detail or loopholes in the answers.

The journal is not open access, but it feels more rigorous and objective compared to some open access journals in OSA's second-tier category. The level of papers published in this journal also seems to be more consistent.

It has a certain reputation in Europe, and personally, I feel that it is a step higher academically compared to a journal with an impact factor of 1.98 in OSA or a domestically established journal in OSA's third-tier category. The recent feeling with some open access journals in the second-tier category is that they rely a bit on luck, and the quality varies greatly, making it difficult to make comparisons.

In summary, this journal is not particularly fast in terms of speed, and its categorization seems inexplicably downgraded. If one is in a hurry to publish in SCI, or has specific needs regarding categorization, the cost-effectiveness of this journal should be considered.

(43) Thank | Phenom

May I ask if the response letter should be individually replied to each reviewer in a separate Word document, or if it should be collectively replied to in one Word document?

(0) Thank | 志成

Does this "97 days" refer to the total time it takes from submission to acceptance?

(0) Thank | yjvlc

Is optical review strict?

(0) Thank | jerry瑞雪

Hello, I heard that this section is free of charge. Does it mean that both submitting and receiving contributions are free of charge? The budget is quite limited.

(0) Thank | yjvlc

Hello, is this section free of charge, meaning it doesn't cost anything to submit and receive contributions? The budget is limited.

(0) Thank | yjvlc

There is also a journal under Springer with the same name, which is not the SCI journal under IOP, but is said to be indexed in EI.

The information about that journal is as follows, please pay attention to distinguish it:
The Journal of Optics is a quarterly publication of the Optical Society of India.

https://www.springer.com/journal/12596
https://www.editorialmanager.com/opti/default.aspx

Electronic ISSN
0974-6900

Print ISSN
0972-8821

(35) Thank | 笑忘书

Journal metrics are measurements used to evaluate the performance and impact of a journal. The following metrics are based on the data from the previous full year. The median figures are used for peer review times unless specified otherwise.

Peer review metrics
The time taken from submission to the first decision before peer review is 11 days.
The time taken from submission to the first decision after peer review is 60 days.
The overall time taken from submission to the first decision (including articles rejected before peer review) is 20 days.
The time taken from submission to final acceptance after peer review and any author revisions is 97 days.
The acceptance rate is 27%.

(0) Thank | 笑忘书

On July 5th, the manuscript was submitted. On September 3rd, the review comments were returned. Both reviewers were accepted but minor repairs were required; two weeks were revised, and the revised manuscript was uploaded on September 15, and received on October 1.

(0) Thank | 光学科研者

has a good reputation in the industry, although the impact factor is a bit small, probably because it focuses on traditional optics and laser technology, otherwise the impact factor will be faster.The disadvantage is that the review is slightly slower, and the advantages are not published!

(2) Thank | JOptics