Journal of Biomedical Optics

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO) is an open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed papers on innovations in optical systems and techniques that will improve health care and lead to discoveries in biomedical research.

Growth in the capabilities of biomedical optical technology has fueled new areas of contrast, resolution, and spectral capacity in imaging and sensing, which have enabled widespread applications throughout biology and medicine.

Topics suitable for JBO include significant in-depth studies of: fundamentally new discoveries in biomedical optical devices for imaging or sensing using: optical spectroscopy, near infrared spectroscopy, photoacoustics, microscopy, optical coherence, tomography, fluorescence, phosphorescence, elastography, hyperspectral, using features unique to optics such as spatial, spectral, temporal, interference, polarization, or quantum nature; increasing knowledge of light-tissue interaction, through theoretical transport models such as Monte Carlo, diffusion, electromagnetic and empirical methods, and through physical methods to model light–tissue interactions such as tissue-simulating phantoms; computational advances in optical image and signal processing, and image reconstruction, including new methods in machine learning and artificial intelligence that improve insight into the utility, detection, or performance value; novel medical optical systems used in definitive animal or human studies or clinical trial testing that can impact the field by their design or the optical innovation, including discoveries and technical advances in optics emerging from mobile, remote, wearable, or implantable technologies that can improve health and wellness; discoveries in photonics, nanophotonics, plasmonics, biosensors, and optical reporters that have direct relevance to biomedical needs or utility;...etc.

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

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Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Engineering, Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,675.00 USD. Learn more.

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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.

• k-Wave: MATLAB toolbox for the simulation and reconstruction of photoacoustic wave fields

  Citation: 1834

  Authors: Bradley E., B. T.

• Medical hyperspectral imaging: a review

  Citation: 1766

  Authors: Guolan, Baowei

• Laser speckle contrast imaging in biomedical optics

  Citation: 911

  Authors: David A., Andrew K.

• Appearance of enhanced tissue features in narrow-band endoscopic imaging

  Citation: 708

  Authors: Kazuhiro, Takashi, Masahiro, Nagaaki, Hirohisa, Yasushi, Shigeaki, Yasuo, Takao

• Speckle in Optical Coherence Tomography

  Citation: 680

  Authors: J. M., S. H., K. M.

• In vivo human retinal imaging by Fourier domain optical coherence tomography

  Citation: 666

  Authors: Maciej, Rainer, Andrzej, Tomasz, Adolf F.

• Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy: fundamentals and advances in instrumentation, analysis, and applications

  Citation: 662

  Authors: Rupsa, Tiffany M., Joe T., Amani A., Melissa C.

• Digital Image Processing, Third Edition

  Citation: 628

  Authors: Rafael C., Richard E., Barry R.

• Review of tissue simulating phantoms for optical spectroscopy, imaging and dosimetry

  Citation: 620

  Authors: Brian W., Michael S.

• Tissue polarimetry: concepts, challenges, applications, and outlook

  Citation: 610

  Authors: Nirmalya