Journal of Optics
Last updated ISSN 0972-8821
Journal of Optics is published by Springer Nature in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,390.
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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:
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Optical Network Technologies
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0972-8821, 0974-6900 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,390 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,880 |
| Publishing since | 1972 |
| Journal website | www.springer.com/journal/12596 |
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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