Optics Communications

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Optics Communications

description Scientific journal
Area of ​​Expertise optics
language English
publishing company Elsevier ( Netherlands )
First edition 1969
Frequency of publication Fortnightly
Impact Factor 1,961 (2018)
editor Martin Booth
Web link www.journals.elsevier.com/optics-communications
ISSN (print)

Optics Communications (abbreviated to ISO 4 : Opt. Commun. ) Is a scientific , peer-reviewed journal that has existed since 1962 and is published by Elsevier .

The thematic area of ​​the articles in Optics Communications includes original research from all areas of optics and photonics , in particular classical optics, quantum optics , the interaction between light and matter, lasers , imaging processes , fiber optics and optical communication .

With an impact factor of 1.961 for 2018, the journal ranks 48th 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 was 15th out of 57 titles in its subject area. In terms of the absolute number of citations, the journal is still in seventh place among the optics magazines listed in the JCR with 22,968 citations from 2018.

The scientific editor of Optics Communications is Martin Booth from the University of Oxford ( England ).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Journal Citation Reports. Institute for Scientific Information , accessed July 27, 2019 .
  2. ^ Optics Communications. Elsevier , accessed May 19, 2017 .
  3. ^ Optics Communications Editorial Board. Elsevier , accessed July 27, 2019 .