OSA is proud that its collection of 15 flagship, partnered and co-published peer-reviewed journals continues to publish the most articles (34%) and receive the most citations (39%) in the field of optics and photonics.
The JCR includes an EigenfactorTM Score for each journal. OSA's Optics Express and Optics Letters are among the top five journals in the Optics category based on Eigenfactor. See more information about Eigenfactor in the Journal Metrics section below.
Journal | 2019 Impact Factor | 2019 Total Citations |
2019 Eigenfactor Score |
Rank by Impact Factor | Rank by Total Cites | Rank by Eigenfactor | Google Scholar h5-index |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adv Opt Photon |
14.69 | 2,806 | 0.00531 | 2 | 47 | 43 | |
Optica |
9.778 | 9,728 | 0.04659 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 88 |
Photonics Research |
6.099 | 3,455 | 0.00949 | 10 | 42 | 29 | 48 |
J Lightwave Technol+ |
4.288 | 25,062 | 0.03429 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 75 |
Biomed Opt Express++ |
3.921 | 11,090 | 0.0251 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 56 |
Opt Lett |
3.714 | 70,740 | 0.08737 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 77 |
Opt Express |
3.669 | 119,017 | 0.16111 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 102 |
J Opt Commun Netw+++ |
3.425 | 2,887 | 0.00585 | 20 | 45 | 40 | 41 |
Opt Mater Express^ |
3.064 | 7,235 | 0.01419 | 24 | 31 | 23 | 43 |
J Opt Soc Am B |
2.18 | 13,608 | 0.01309 | 47 | 14 | 25 | 41 |
Chin Opt Lett |
2.045 | 2,619 | 0.0035 | 51 | 49 | 50 | 22 |
Appl Optics |
1.961 | 49,100 | 0.03820 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 49 |
J Opt Soc Am A |
1.791 | 13,928 | 0.00899 | 59 | 13 | 31 | 36 |
Curr Opt Photonics^^ |
0.761 | 139 | 0.00026 | 86 | 96 | 90 | 6 |
J Opt Technol |
0.416 | 721 | 0.0005 | 94 | 72 | 84 | 13 |
+The Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT) is also included in the Engineering, Electrical & Electronic category. Its 2019 ranking in that category are #47 of 266 journals by Impact Factor and #22 by Total Cites. In addition, it is listed in the Telecommunications category, where it is ranked #22 out of 90 journals by Impact Factor and #5 by Total Cites.
++Biomedical Optics Express is also included in the Biochemical Research Methods category. Its 2019 rankings in that category are #15 of 77 journals by Impact Factor and #25 by Total Cites. In addition, it is listed in the Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging category, where it is ranked #24 out of 133 journals by Impact Factor and #20 by Total Cites.
+++The Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) is also included in the Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture category. Its 2019 rankings in that category are #10 of 53 journals by Impact Factor and #20 by Total Cites. In addition, it is listed in the Computer Science, Information Systems category, where it is ranked #45 out of 156 journals by Impact Factor and #49 by Total Cites. Finally, JOCN is also listed in the Telecommunications category, where it is ranked #31 out of 90 journals by Impact Factor and #36 by Total Cites.
^Optical Materials Express is also included in the Materials Science, Multidisciplinary category. Its 2019 ranking in that category is #131 of 314 journals by Impact Factor and #109 by Total Cites.
^^Current Optics and Photonics, formerly the Journal of the Optical Society of Korea, published by the Optical Society of Korea and available on OSA Publishing, was launched in February 2017.
NOTE: Applied Spectroscopy (AS), published by the Society of Applied Spectroscopy and available on OSA Publishing, has a 2019 Impact Factor of 2.087. It is included in the Spectroscopy category with rankings of #17 out of 42 journals by Impact Factor, #9 by Total Cites, and #12 by Eigenfactor score. In addition, it is listed in the Instruments and Instrumentation category, where it is ranked #28 out of 64 journals by Impact Factor, #17 by Total Cites, and #27 by Eigenfactor score.
NOTE: Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (JNIRS), published by SAGE Publishing and available on OSA Publishing, has a 2019 Impact Factor of 1.198. It is included in the Spectroscopy category with rankings of #30 out of 42 journals by Impact Factor, #31 by Total Cites, and #35 by Eigenfactor score. In addition, it is listed in the Chemistry, Applied category, where it is ranked #48 our of 71 journals by Impact Factor, #47 by Total Cites, and #48 by Eigenfactor score.