Applied Optics

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Applied Optics

description Scientific journal
Area of ​​Expertise optics
language English
publishing company The Optical Society ( USA )
First edition 1962
Frequency of publication ten days
Impact Factor 1,973 (2018)
editor Ronald Driggers
Web link osapublishing.org/ao
ISSN (print)
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Applied Optics (abbreviation according to ISO 4 : Appl. Opt. , Often abbreviated as AO) is a scientific journal with peer review , which exists since 1962 and by the Optical Society (OSA, formerly Optical Society of America ) issued is.

The articles in Applied Optics appear online regardless of issue; the magazine issues appear three times a month on the 1st, 10th and 20th of each month, both online and in print.

The thematic area of ​​the articles in Applied Optics includes original research as well as overview articles from application-oriented areas of optics and photonics , including laser technology , optical data processing and environmental analysis .

With an impact factor of 1,973 for 2018, the journal ranks 47th among 95 journals in the field of optics in the statistics of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The ranking has deteriorated significantly since the turn of the millennium; for the year 2000, the magazine still held 13th place out of 57 titles in its subject area at the time. In terms of the absolute number of citations, with 49,871 citations from 2018, the journal still ranks fourth among the optics journals listed in the JCR and 16th out of 320 physics journals listed there.

The Scientific Editor of Applied Optics is Ronald Driggers from the University of Central Florida ( USA ).

Individual evidence

  1. a b Journal Citation Reports. Institute for Scientific Information , accessed July 27, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b OSA Publishing: OSA Journals. The Optical Society , accessed March 19, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b OSA Publishing: Applied Optics. The Optical Society , accessed July 27, 2019 .