Optics Communications

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 00304018, 18730310

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.2
SJR
0.538
CiteScore
5.1
Categories
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Areas
Chemistry
Engineering
Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
1969-2025
journal names
Optics Communications
OPT COMMUN
Publications
38 073
Citations
562 866
h-index
170
Top-3 citing journals
Optics Communications
Optics Communications (49765 citations)
Applied Optics
Applied Optics (20969 citations)
Optics Express
Optics Express (20963 citations)
Top-3 countries
China (11547 publications)
USA (4488 publications)
France (2575 publications)

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China, 11547, 30.33%
USA, 4488, 11.79%
France, 2575, 6.76%
Germany, 2392, 6.28%
United Kingdom, 2154, 5.66%
Japan, 1858, 4.88%
India, 1439, 3.78%
Russia, 1288, 3.38%
Italy, 1221, 3.21%
Canada, 760, 2%
Australia, 756, 1.99%
Spain, 753, 1.98%
Republic of Korea, 723, 1.9%
USSR, 604, 1.59%
Iran, 569, 1.49%
Poland, 490, 1.29%
Mexico, 488, 1.28%
Israel, 484, 1.27%
Singapore, 405, 1.06%
Brazil, 364, 0.96%
Netherlands, 363, 0.95%
Switzerland, 331, 0.87%
Turkey, 275, 0.72%
Bulgaria, 217, 0.57%
Argentina, 209, 0.55%
Finland, 209, 0.55%
Denmark, 198, 0.52%
Sweden, 189, 0.5%
Czech Republic, 181, 0.48%
Ukraine, 178, 0.47%
Belarus, 167, 0.44%
Egypt, 166, 0.44%
Belgium, 161, 0.42%
Greece, 161, 0.42%
Malaysia, 159, 0.42%
Ireland, 156, 0.41%
Hungary, 148, 0.39%
Pakistan, 142, 0.37%
New Zealand, 140, 0.37%
Lithuania, 139, 0.37%
Austria, 112, 0.29%
Armenia, 112, 0.29%
Saudi Arabia, 111, 0.29%
Colombia, 102, 0.27%
Romania, 99, 0.26%
Portugal, 92, 0.24%
Vietnam, 77, 0.2%
Algeria, 75, 0.2%
Czechoslovakia, 65, 0.17%
Estonia, 62, 0.16%
South Africa, 62, 0.16%
Morocco, 52, 0.14%
Norway, 50, 0.13%
Serbia, 46, 0.12%
Tunisia, 44, 0.12%
Bangladesh, 43, 0.11%
Chile, 41, 0.11%
Uzbekistan, 39, 0.1%
Yugoslavia, 38, 0.1%
Iraq, 36, 0.09%
Philippines, 33, 0.09%
Moldova, 32, 0.08%
Uruguay, 27, 0.07%
Venezuela, 25, 0.07%
Qatar, 25, 0.07%
Jordan, 24, 0.06%
Croatia, 24, 0.06%
Indonesia, 23, 0.06%
Cameroon, 23, 0.06%
Thailand, 20, 0.05%
Slovakia, 18, 0.05%
Kuwait, 15, 0.04%
Bahrain, 14, 0.04%
Cuba, 13, 0.03%
Azerbaijan, 11, 0.03%
Latvia, 11, 0.03%
North Korea, 10, 0.03%
Yemen, 9, 0.02%
Ethiopia, 9, 0.02%
Kazakhstan, 8, 0.02%
Cyprus, 7, 0.02%
Oman, 6, 0.02%
North Macedonia, 6, 0.02%
Ghana, 5, 0.01%
Lebanon, 5, 0.01%
Libya, 5, 0.01%
Syria, 5, 0.01%
Slovenia, 5, 0.01%
Brunei, 4, 0.01%
Georgia, 4, 0.01%
Mongolia, 4, 0.01%
Kenya, 3, 0.01%
Nigeria, 3, 0.01%
UAE, 3, 0.01%
Palestine, 3, 0.01%
Ecuador, 3, 0.01%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2, 0.01%
Gabon, 2, 0.01%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.01%
Nepal, 2, 0.01%
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China, 2537, 52.77%
India, 182, 3.79%
USA, 130, 2.7%
Iran, 106, 2.2%
Japan, 91, 1.89%
United Kingdom, 81, 1.68%
Russia, 60, 1.25%
Republic of Korea, 53, 1.1%
France, 52, 1.08%
Mexico, 39, 0.81%
Turkey, 34, 0.71%
Brazil, 31, 0.64%
Australia, 29, 0.6%
Saudi Arabia, 28, 0.58%
Italy, 27, 0.56%
Canada, 27, 0.56%
Vietnam, 26, 0.54%
Singapore, 24, 0.5%
Pakistan, 23, 0.48%
Israel, 22, 0.46%
Spain, 22, 0.46%
Germany, 21, 0.44%
Malaysia, 21, 0.44%
Bangladesh, 20, 0.42%
Egypt, 18, 0.37%
Netherlands, 17, 0.35%
Poland, 15, 0.31%
Iraq, 12, 0.25%
Greece, 11, 0.23%
North Korea, 10, 0.21%
Austria, 9, 0.19%
Indonesia, 9, 0.19%
Ireland, 9, 0.19%
New Zealand, 9, 0.19%
Sweden, 9, 0.19%
Belarus, 8, 0.17%
Portugal, 8, 0.17%
Algeria, 8, 0.17%
Denmark, 8, 0.17%
Colombia, 8, 0.17%
Bulgaria, 7, 0.15%
Qatar, 7, 0.15%
Tunisia, 6, 0.12%
South Africa, 6, 0.12%
Argentina, 5, 0.1%
Armenia, 5, 0.1%
Belgium, 5, 0.1%
Finland, 5, 0.1%
Switzerland, 5, 0.1%
Ukraine, 4, 0.08%
Hungary, 4, 0.08%
Norway, 4, 0.08%
Chile, 4, 0.08%
Jordan, 3, 0.06%
Kuwait, 3, 0.06%
Lithuania, 3, 0.06%
Morocco, 3, 0.06%
Serbia, 3, 0.06%
Brunei, 2, 0.04%
Cameroon, 2, 0.04%
Nepal, 2, 0.04%
Slovakia, 2, 0.04%
Thailand, 2, 0.04%
Philippines, 2, 0.04%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.04%
Estonia, 1, 0.02%
Ghana, 1, 0.02%
Kenya, 1, 0.02%
Liechtenstein, 1, 0.02%
Moldova, 1, 0.02%
Nigeria, 1, 0.02%
UAE, 1, 0.02%
Oman, 1, 0.02%
Romania, 1, 0.02%
North Macedonia, 1, 0.02%
Togo, 1, 0.02%
Uzbekistan, 1, 0.02%
Uruguay, 1, 0.02%
Central African Republic, 1, 0.02%
Chad, 1, 0.02%
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