Optica Publishing Group publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in its portfolio of journals, which serve the full breadth of the optics and photonics community.
The Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A) is devoted to developments in any field of classical optics, image science, and vision. JOSA A includes original peer-reviewed papers on such topics as:
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics
- Biomedical Optics and Imaging
- Coherence and Statistical Optics
- Color, Spectroscopy, and Spectral Imaging
- Computational Sensing and Imaging
- Diffraction and Gratings
- Geometrical Optics
- Holography
- Image Processing and Image Analysis
- Imaging Systems
- Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
- Machine Vision
- Materials and Multiphysics
- Numerical Methods and Simulation
- Optics of the Eye
- Physical Optics
- Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Scattering and Propagation
- Vision, Color Vision, and Psychophysics
JOSA A publishes research articles as well as tutorials, discussion papers, feature issue contributions, and comments on published articles. The Journal also publishes occasional retrospectives that present a historical overview of an area in optics, or an interdisciplinary area in which optical concepts are heavily employed.
Submission Information
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Key Journal Metrics
Impact Factor: 1.9*
Total Citations: 14,447*
Cited Half-Life: 17.6 years*
Journal Citation Indicator: 0.65*
Google Scholar h5-index: 35†
Median Time to First Decision: 38 days
Median Time to Web Publication: 100 days
*Source: 2023 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate, 2022).
†2023 Google Scholar Optics & Photonics Top Publications.
For more information on Journal metrics, click here.
Emerging Researcher Best-Paper Prize
The JOSA A Emerging Researcher Best-Paper Prize recognizes one outstanding paper published by an emerging researcher each year. Learn more and view all Prize winners.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Olga Korotkova,
University of Miami, USA
Deputy Editor
Markus Testorf,
Dartmouth College, USA
Topical Editors and Content Areas
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Arti Agrawal University of Technology Sydney, Australia |
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Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic US Naval Academy, USA |
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Yangjian Cai Shandong Normal University, China |
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Angela Dudley University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
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Felipe Guzman Texas A&M University, USA |
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Jennifer Hunter University of Waterloo, Canada |
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Irina Larina Baylor College of Medicine, USA |
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Michela Lecca Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy |
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Izabela Naydenova Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland |
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Jonathan Petruccelli University at Albany, USA |
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John Schotland Yale University, USA |
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Zhimin Shi Reality Labs Research, Meta, USA |
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Jinli Suo Tsinghua University, China |
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Malgorzata Szczerska Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland |
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Minchen Wei The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong |
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Renjie Zhou The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Staff
| Editorial and Production | Phone | |
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| Nicole Williams-Jones, Peer Review Coordinator | jamss@optica.org | 202-416-1969 |
| Feature Proposals | dmcdonold@optica.org | |
| Scott Mullin, Managing Editor | smullin@optica.org | 202-416-1936 |
| Reprints | Sheridan Electronic Order Center | |
| Page charges | billing@optica.org | |
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General Information |
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| Copyright permission requests | copyright@optica.org | |
| Online Journal Technical Support | elec@optica.org | |
| Elizabeth Nolan, Chief Publishing Officer | ||
| Alison Taylor, Executive Editor | ||
| M. Scott Dineen, Senior Director, Publishing Production & Technology | ||
| Christopher Videll, Director, Production & Technology | ||
| Carmelita Washington, Peer Review Manager | ||
| Daphne Greenwood, Senior Director of Marketing & Sales, Publishing | ||
Special Collections
The Journal of the Optical Society of America celebrated OSA's Centennial in 2016. View the most cited articles, historical editorials, and much more.
The JOSA A Emerging Researcher Best-Paper Prize recognizes one outstanding paper published by an emerging researcher each year. Learn more and view all Prize winners.