Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Aims & Scope

The journal publishes design details of a diversity of optical instruments, along with a strong section on computational optics useful to engineers, mathematicians, and physicists, as well as optical scientists.

Issues of the English translation volume are published by OSA and appear at the same time as the Russian language edition, Opticheskii Zhurnal, which is produced by the Vavilov State Optical Institute

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.229

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	29

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19588

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	228

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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, Mathematics 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.

• Medical applications of mid-IR lasers Problems and prospects

  Citation: 193

  Authors: V. A., É. V., N. N., A. V.

• Time delay identification in chaotic cryptosystems ruled by delay-differential equations

  Citation: 82

  Authors: V. S., L., J. P., A., D. S.

• The high-resolution spectrograph of the 6-m Large Azimuthal Telescope (BTA)

  Citation: 59

  Authors: V. E., V. G., M. V., I. D.

• Methods of generating superbroadband terahertz pulses with femtosecond lasers

  Citation: 54

  Authors: V. G., A. A., I. Yu., S. A., V. N., G. V., N. V., S. É.

• The lensacon: nonparaxial effects

  Citation: 49

  Authors: S. N., N. L., A. V., S. G.

• Experimental studies of hydroxyapatite by Raman spectroscopy

  Citation: 48

  Authors: P. E., E. V., E. V., M. Yu., L. T., O. O., A. R.

• Using laser sputtering to obtain semiconductor nanoheterostructures

  Citation: 47

  Authors: B. N., O. V., Yu. A., P. B., M. V., V. V., E. S., Yu. N., M. V.

• Ultraviolet excimer radiation from nonequilibrium gas discharges and its application in photophysics, photochemistry and photobiology

  Citation: 46

  Authors: U.

• Heat-sensitive materials for uncooled microbolometer arrays

  Citation: 45

  Authors: V. Yu., V. G.

• Device for analyzing nanoroughness and contamination on a substrate from the dynamic state of a liquid drop deposited on its surface

  Citation: 44

  Authors: S. A., A. V., N. L.

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