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APPLIED OPTICS


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*Average Peer Review
About 3.3 month(s)
*Competitiveness
91%
CiteScore
3.4
CiteScore Rank
Subject Area Rank Percentile
Category: Engineering
Subcategory: Engineering (miscellaneous)		 125 / 300
Category: Engineering
Subcategory: Electrical and Electronic Engineering		 444 / 1030
Category: Engineering
Subcategory: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics		 127 / 243
Link to PubMed Central (PMC)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=1559-128X%5BISSN%5D

Indexing (SCI collection)
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Scopus (CiteScore)

Country/Area of Publication
UNITED STATES
Publication Frequency
Biweekly
Publisher
The Optical Society

ISSN
1559-128X
E-ISSN
2155-3165
Year Publication Started
1962

Self-citation (2025-2026)
11.80%
Annual Article Volume
1309
Gold OA Percentage
2.21%

Open Access Info
APC APC Waiver Other Charges
N/A N/A N/A
Journal Aim & Scope
A highly regarded, premium quality must read for everyone in the optics field that offers applications-centered research in optics, photonics, imaging, and sensing. Topics germane to the journal include optical technology, lasers, photonics, environmental optics, and information processing.

Web of Science Quartiles
WOS Quartile: Q3

Quartiles By JIFCollectionQuartileRankPercentage
Category: OPTICSSCIEQ386/129
Quartiles By JCICollectionQuartileRankPercentage
Category: OPTICSSCIEQ376/129
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  • Journals In The Same Subject Area
  • CiteScore Trends
  • Self Citation Trends
  • Annual Article Volume Trends
  • Journal Title h-index CiteScore
    Nature Electronics052.50
    PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE16187.50
    Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics16343.30
    International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing029.30
    PROGRESS IN AEROSPACE SCIENCES9734.80
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MACHINE TOOLS & MANUFACTURE13335.30
    Applied Mechanics Reviews9928.30
    Advances in Applied Energy026.60
    RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS22236.80
    Green Energy & Environment026.50
  • APPLIED OPTICS APPLIED OPTICS
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    Journals In The Same Field
    PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE
    CiteScore: 87.50
    Nature Electronics
    CiteScore: 52.50
    Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
    CiteScore: 43.30
    RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
    CiteScore: 36.80
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MACHINE TOOLS & MANUFACTURE
    CiteScore: 35.30
    ARCHIVES OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING
    CiteScore: 34.80
    PROGRESS IN AEROSPACE SCIENCES
    CiteScore: 34.80
    International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
    CiteScore: 29.30
    Applied Mechanics Reviews
    CiteScore: 28.30
    JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
    CiteScore: 27.70



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