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Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Optica Publishing Group
Optica Publishing Group
ISSN: 10847529, 15208532
SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
1.4
SJR
0.459
CiteScore
3.4
Categories
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Computer Science
Materials Science
Medicine
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
1979, 1984-2025
journal names
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Journal of the Optical Society of America A
J OPT SOC AM A
Publications
12 557
Citations
355 022
h-index
201
Publications
1 497
Citations
78 764
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Top-3 countries
USA (4474 publications)
China (1461 publications)
France (765 publications)
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