Open Access
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
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
Top-3 citing journals

Applied Optics
(18043 citations)

Optics Express
(16335 citations)
Top-3 organizations

University of Rochester
(262 publications)

University of Arizona
(212 publications)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(105 publications)

Xidian University
(19 publications)

City University of Hong Kong
(18 publications)

Tianjin University
(17 publications)
Top-3 countries
Most cited in 5 years
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Top-100
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Optica Publishing Group
83024 citations, 23.39%
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Elsevier
62081 citations, 17.49%
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
35168 citations, 9.91%
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Springer Nature
29419 citations, 8.29%
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Wiley
14986 citations, 4.22%
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IOP Publishing
14663 citations, 4.13%
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SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
10816 citations, 3.05%
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Taylor & Francis
9264 citations, 2.61%
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American Physical Society (APS)
7926 citations, 2.23%
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MDPI
7492 citations, 2.11%
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AIP Publishing
5592 citations, 1.58%
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Cambridge University Press
3458 citations, 0.97%
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SAGE
3205 citations, 0.9%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
2955 citations, 0.83%
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
2692 citations, 0.76%
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Pleiades Publishing
1784 citations, 0.5%
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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
1683 citations, 0.47%
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1568 citations, 0.44%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1558 citations, 0.44%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
1460 citations, 0.41%
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Oxford University Press
1274 citations, 0.36%
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1264 citations, 0.36%
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EDP Sciences
1205 citations, 0.34%
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Hindawi Limited
1194 citations, 0.34%
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
948 citations, 0.27%
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The Royal Society
906 citations, 0.26%
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Japan Society of Applied Physics
891 citations, 0.25%
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Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
849 citations, 0.24%
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World Scientific
830 citations, 0.23%
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Walter de Gruyter
823 citations, 0.23%
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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
719 citations, 0.2%
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Society for Neuroscience
691 citations, 0.19%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
654 citations, 0.18%
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SLACK
654 citations, 0.18%
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American Physiological Society
633 citations, 0.18%
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Annual Reviews
588 citations, 0.17%
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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
587 citations, 0.17%
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Electromagnetics Academy
497 citations, 0.14%
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Trans Tech Publications
465 citations, 0.13%
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MIT Press
451 citations, 0.13%
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American Astronomical Society
377 citations, 0.11%
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
369 citations, 0.1%
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Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
357 citations, 0.1%
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
350 citations, 0.1%
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American Vacuum Society
293 citations, 0.08%
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Copernicus
280 citations, 0.08%
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International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
263 citations, 0.07%
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Optical Society of India
232 citations, 0.07%
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Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS
205 citations, 0.06%
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
189 citations, 0.05%
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ASME International
188 citations, 0.05%
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IGI Global
188 citations, 0.05%
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Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk Journal
179 citations, 0.05%
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The Company of Biologists
178 citations, 0.05%
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eLife Sciences Publications
165 citations, 0.05%
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American Meteorological Society
164 citations, 0.05%
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American Geophysical Union
144 citations, 0.04%
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BMJ
140 citations, 0.04%
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IntechOpen
138 citations, 0.04%
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Society for Imaging Science & Technology
134 citations, 0.04%
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American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
131 citations, 0.04%
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The Laser Society of Japan
131 citations, 0.04%
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Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
124 citations, 0.03%
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American Psychological Association (APA)
116 citations, 0.03%
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Emerald
113 citations, 0.03%
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Colegio Nacional de Opticos-Optometristas de Espana
111 citations, 0.03%
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American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
107 citations, 0.03%
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Science in China Press
100 citations, 0.03%
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Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
90 citations, 0.03%
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Scientific Research Publishing
79 citations, 0.02%
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IOS Press
75 citations, 0.02%
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73 citations, 0.02%
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