Chinese Optics Letters

Aims & Scope

Chinese Optics Letters (COL) is an international journal aimed at the rapid dissemination of latest, important discoveries and inventions in all branches of optical science and technology.

It is considered to be one of the most important journals in optics in China.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.8

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7766

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2010

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.724

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	49

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering, Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Chinese Optics Letters

  Citation: 1149

  Authors:

• Vortex beam: generation and detection of orbital angular momentum [Invited]

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Yihua, Haoran, Xin, Yuanjie

• Sensitive carbon monoxide detection based on light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy with a fiber-coupled multipass cell [Invited]

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Xiaonan, Yufei

• Overview of refractive index sensors comprising photonic crystal fibers based on the surface plasmon resonance effect [Invited]

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Chao, Jingwei, Wei, Famei, Paul K.

• 基于多偏振态记录的数字全息散斑噪声抑制方法

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Lu, Wen, Feng, Shuo, Rui

• Detection of breast cancer based on novel porous silicon Bragg reflector surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy-active structure

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Xiaorong, Hong, Junwei, Zhenhong, Guohua, Xiaoyi, Hongyi, Xiangxiang, Chen

• Advances in multipass cell for absorption spectroscopy-based trace gas sensing technology [Invited]

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Yahui, Yufei

• Underwater wireless optical communication: why, what, and how? [Invited]

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Jing

• Data information transfer using complex optical fields: a review and perspective (Invited Paper)

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Jian Wang

• On-line writing identical and weak fiber Bragg grating arrays

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Huiyong Guo, Jianguan Tang, Xiaofu Li, Yu Zheng, Hua Yu, Haihu Yu

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