Journal of Optics
Last updated ISSN 0150-536X
Journal of Optics is published by IOP Publishing in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,325.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Optics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Optical Coatings and Gratings
- Digital Holography and Microscopy
- Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
Key facts
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0150-536X, 2040-8978, 2040-8986, 2056-7162 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,325 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,087 |
| Publishing since | 2009 |
| Journal website | iopscience.iop.org/2040-8986/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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