The Optical Society (OSA) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in its portfolio of journals, which serve the full breadth of the optics and photonics community.
Advances in Optics and Photonics (AOP) publishes comprehensive review articles and multimedia tutorials appropriate for students, researchers, faculty, business professionals and engineers. The all-electronic journal's authoritative content covers advances in optics and photonics from fundamental science to engineering applications. AOP is led by Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Govind Agrawal, who, assisted by the journal's distinguished associate editors, solicits articles and manages peer review.
Designed to capture the most significant advances in optics and photonics, the journal includes:
- Long review articles and comprehensive tutorials
- Internal navigational links and external reference linking
- Multimedia enhancements, such as animation and video
- Prominent and respected authors at the forefront of their fields
- Distinguished associate editors and dedicated peer review support
- High standards of production quality and reliability
AOP also considers Letters to the Editor and Comments on published review articles.
Submission Information
Is my paper appropriate for Advances in Optics and Photonics? Read about all OSA journals here.
Any prospective author can submit a proposal by contacting the editor directly or by sending an email to the editorial staff using the address aopmss@osa.org. The proposal requirements can be found here.
Please see the Author Resource Center for instructions to prepare and submit a manuscript.
SubmitKey Journal Metrics
Impact Factor: 21.286 (ranked 2nd out of 94 journals)*
Immediacy Index: 2.143 (ranked 3rd out of 94 journals)*
Article Influence Score: 6.336 (ranked 2nd out of 94 journals)*
5-Year Impact Factor: 18.800 (ranked 2nd out of 94 journals)*
Median Time to Publication: 150 days
*According to Optics category rankings in the 2017 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2018)
For more information on Journal metrics, click here.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Govind Agrawal,University of Rochester, USA
Associate Editors
Byoungho Lee, Seoul National University, S. KoreaGeert Morthier, Ghent University, Belgium
Malin Premaratne, Monash University, Australia
Staff
| Editorial and Production | Phone | |
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| Rebecca Robinson, Editorial and Special Projects Coordinator | aopmss@osa.org | 202-416-1914 |
| Electronic submission questions | aopmss@osa.org | |
| Article proposals | aopmss@osa.org | |
| Daniel Franzen, Senior Managing Editor | dfranz@osa.org | 202-416-1943 |
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General Information |
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| Online journal technical support | elec@osa.org | |
| Copyright permission requests | copyright@osa.org | |
| Elizabeth Nolan, Chief Publishing Officer | ||
| M. Scott Dineen, Senior Director, Publishing, Production & Technology | ||
| Alison Taylor, Executive Editor | ||
| Christopher Videll, Director, Production & Technology | ||
| Daphne Greenwood, Senior Director of Marketing & Sales, Publishing | ||