Applied optics.

ISSN 1559-128XOptica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)United States
ScopusMEDLINEEmbasePubMedPMCSCImagoJIFMatched via identifier

Journal overview

Journal identity
Titles
Applied Optics
Appl. Opt. (abbreviated)
APPLIED OPTICS Optica Publishing Group
Applied optics.
Appl Opt (abbreviated)
Key identifiers
ISSN
1559-128X
1559-128X
eISSN
2155-3165
1539-4522
NLM ID
247660
Publisher / basic metadata
Publisher
Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
Easton, Pa., Optical Society of America.
Country
Language
ENG
English

Indexing & coverage

Current indexing summary
Scopus
Currently indexed

Scopus's Sources record lists this journal as active.

Indexing history
Coverage
1962–2026
Indexing services (MEDLINE, Embase)
MEDLINECurrently indexedEmbaseUnknown

Embase has a record for this journal, but it doesn't confirm direct Embase indexing either way.

This comes from Embase's own "Indexed by Medline" column, not a direct NLM/PubMed-MEDLINE catalog record.

Bibliographic inclusion (PubMed)
PubMedNot found in this source
Full-text availability (PMC — not an indexing service)
PMCNot found in this source

Metrics

MetricYearValueQuartileRankSource
JIF20251.7Q39720JCR Impact Factor List 2025 — supplied dataset
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) — 2025

Source: SCImago Journal & Country Rank — 2025 dataset. SJR is a metric published by SCImago, presented here as reported.

SJR
0.416
Best Quartile
Q2
H-index
229
Subject categories (quartile varies by category)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Q2
  • Engineering (miscellaneous) — Q2
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Q3
More metrics
Coverage
1962–2026
Country
United States
Region
Northern America
Publisher
Optica Publishing Group
Open Access
No
Open Access (Diamond)
No
Total documents (current year)
1266
Total documents (3 years)
3933
Total references
40599
Total citations (3 years)
7171
Citable documents (3 years)
3918
Citations per document (2 years)
1.82
References per document
32.07
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
2155-3165, 1559-128X
SCImago Source ID
29593
SCImago Rank (across all SCImago source types)
13788

Publication activity

Publication activity
SCImago
2025
1,266 observed publications
Latest publication activity observed
2025
Current-year activity
Recent publication activity observed

Evidence sources: SCImago. SCImago's count is a source-reported aggregate figure; Crossref/OpenAlex/PubMed counts are distinct article records JCF Labs observed via each provider's own free API — none is guaranteed to be that journal's complete output for the year, and providers may disagree (this is expected, not an error). See this journal's own source evidence above for full context.

Subjects & categories

Subjects / categories
Subject area (SCImago)
MeSH (PubMed)
Optics and Photonics
Coverage / history
Scopus:1962-2026