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Optical Review is an international journal presenting leading findings in optical science and technology.

  • An official journal of the Optical Society of Japan. 
  • Publishes research and invited review papers across all branches of optics.
  • Released on a bimonthly basis.
  • Explores a wide range of topics, including general and physical optics, quantum optics and spectroscopy, photonics and optoelectronics, and more.
Editor-in-Chief
  • Yukitoshi Otani
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
  • Masahiro Yamaguchi,
  • Yukihiro Ishii
Impact factor
1.2 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.0 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
17 days
Downloads
87,202 (2023)

Latest issue

February 2024 |

Volume 31, Issue 1

Including articles on Laser Display and Lighting Conference (LDC’ 23), Yokohama, Japan and The Fourteenth Japan-Finland Joint Symposium on Optics in Engineering (OIE’23), Hamamatsu, Japan

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  • OSJ Young Researcher’s Award

    Authors whose papers are published in Optical Review are eligible candidates for the “Young Researcher’s Award of the Optical Society of Japan”. 

    The OSJ welcomes candidate papers for the award. Submit your paper now!!

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Electronic ISSN
1349-9432
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  16. Portico
  17. ProQuest
  18. SCImago
  19. SCOPUS
  20. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  21. TD Net Discovery Service
  22. UGC-CARE List (India)
  23. Wanfang
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