Optical Review is an international journal presenting top results in optical science and technology. The scope of the journal includes general and physical optics; quantum optics and spectroscopy; information optics; photonics and optoelectronics; lasers; nonlinear optics; optical systems and technologies; optical materials and manufacturing technologies; environmental, biological and space optics; vision; infrared and short wavelength optics; and other optical methods and applications

The international advisory board includes renowned scientists from 24 countries.

  • Publishes research and review papers in all branches of optics on the bimonthly basis
  • An official journal of the Optical Society of Japan

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Editor-in-Chief
  • Masahiro Yamaguchi
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1.068 (2019)
Impact factor
0.802 (2019)
Five year impact factor
97 days
Submission to first decision
164 days
Submission to acceptance
43,435 (2019)
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Volume 27

Issue 5, October 2020

Special Section: International Symposium on Imaging, Sensing, and Optical Memory (ISOM ’19), Niigata, 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”. 

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