Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Aims & Scope

Journal of Optics publishes new experimental and theoretical research across all areas of pure and applied optics, both modern and classical.

Research areas are categorised as: Nanophotonics and plasmonics Metamaterials and structured photonic materials Quantum photonics Biophotonics Light-matter interactions Nonlinear and ultrafast optics Propagation, diffraction and scattering Optical communication Integrated optics Photovoltaics and energy harvesting We discourage incremental advances, purely numerical simulations without any validation, or research without a strong optics advance, e.g. computer algorithms applied to optical and imaging processes, equipment designs or material fabrication.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.597

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	114

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9728

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1644

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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 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.

• Roadmap on silicon photonics

  Citation: 1105

  Authors: David, Aaron, John E, Tin, Graham T, Laurent, Delphine, Eric, Léopold, Jean-Marc, Jean-Michel, Jens H, Dan-Xia, Frédéric, Peter, Goran Z, M

• Roadmap on structured light

  Citation: 1070

  Authors: Halina, Andrew, M V, M R, David L, Masud, Cornelia, Christina, Peter, Thomas, Ebrahim, Lorenzo, Miles, Monika, Natalia M, Nicholas P, C, A, J P, Tyler W, Mark, Reuven, Alexander B, Jacquiline, Andrew G, Robert, Alan E, Guodong, Benjamin, Andrew M

• Goos–Hänchen and Imbert–Fedorov beam shifts: an overview

  Citation: 511

  Authors: K Y, A

• Roadmap of optical communications

  Citation: 492

  Authors: Erik, Magnus, A R, David J, Peter M, Peter, Kim, Johannes Karl, Seb J, Benjamin J, Marco, Frank R, Andrew, Josep, Ioannis, John E, Sudha, Maïté, Nicolas

• Quantum nanophotonics using hyperbolic metamaterials

  Citation: 474

  Authors: C L, W, S, Z

• Spin-to-orbital conversion of the angular momentum of light and its classical and quantum applications

  Citation: 427

  Authors: Lorenzo, Ebrahim, Sergei, Bruno, Enrico, Eleonora, Fabio

• Roadmap on optical security

  Citation: 404

  Authors: Bahram, Artur, Masahiro, Takanori, Elisabet, María S, Naveen K, Roberto, John Fredy, Wenqi, Xiang, Adrian, Yair, A, C, Changliang, John T, Guohai, Makoto, Tsutomu, Ignasi, Enrique, Jesús, Wen, Xudong, Pepijn W H, Allard P, Adam

• A review of complex vector light fields and their applications

  Citation: 398

  Authors: Carmelo, Bienvenu, Andrew

• Metamaterial-based integrated plasmonic absorber/emitter for solar thermo-photovoltaic systems

  Citation: 352

  Authors: Chihhui, Burton, Jeremy, Andrew, Byron, Steve, Gennady

• Intense terahertz radiation and their applications

  Citation: 342

  Authors: H A, X, A, S, D, X, T

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