Journal of the Optical Society of America

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Journal of the Optical Society of America
Publications
16 031
Citations
348 703
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Top-3 countries
USA (8914 publications)
United Kingdom (442 publications)
Canada (391 publications)

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Applied Optics
23483 citations, 6.73%
Journal of the Optical Society of America
22067 citations, 6.33%
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
12637 citations, 3.62%
Vision Research
11234 citations, 3.22%
Optics Communications
6413 citations, 1.84%
Optics Express
5914 citations, 1.7%
Physical Review A
4926 citations, 1.41%
Journal of Chemical Physics
4464 citations, 1.28%
Optics Letters
3603 citations, 1.03%
Journal of Applied Physics
3574 citations, 1.02%
Optica Acta International Journal of Optics
2901 citations, 0.83%
Physical Review B
2807 citations, 0.8%
Color Research and Application
2766 citations, 0.79%
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
2676 citations, 0.77%
Review of Scientific Instruments
2376 citations, 0.68%
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
2323 citations, 0.67%
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
2285 citations, 0.66%
Physica Scripta
2035 citations, 0.58%
Applied Physics Letters
1908 citations, 0.55%
Journal of Modern Optics
1882 citations, 0.54%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
1644 citations, 0.47%
Progress in Optics
1482 citations, 0.43%
Perception & Psychophysics
1458 citations, 0.42%
Applied Spectroscopy
1427 citations, 0.41%
Springer Series in Optical Sciences
1387 citations, 0.4%
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
1383 citations, 0.4%
Physical Review Letters
1373 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Lightwave Technology
1343 citations, 0.39%
Optical Engineering
1279 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
1268 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics
1230 citations, 0.35%
Optik
1214 citations, 0.35%
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
1189 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Geophysical Research
1172 citations, 0.34%
Thin Solid Films
1147 citations, 0.33%
Optics and Laser Technology
1146 citations, 0.33%
Perception
1065 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
1048 citations, 0.3%
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
971 citations, 0.28%
Spectrochimica Acta
949 citations, 0.27%
Reports on Progress in Physics
933 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Applied Spectroscopy
928 citations, 0.27%
Scientific Reports
925 citations, 0.27%
Surface Science
838 citations, 0.24%
Journal Physics D: Applied Physics
837 citations, 0.24%
Science
835 citations, 0.24%
Optical and Quantum Electronics
810 citations, 0.23%
Proceedings of the IEEE
790 citations, 0.23%
Optics and Lasers in Engineering
764 citations, 0.22%
Spectrochimica Acta, Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy
762 citations, 0.22%
Journal not defined
730 citations, 0.21%
Radio Science
718 citations, 0.21%
Nature
715 citations, 0.21%
Chemical Physics Letters
701 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Optics (India)
649 citations, 0.19%
Central Processing of Visual Information A: Integrative Functions and Comparative Data
644 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
642 citations, 0.18%
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
636 citations, 0.18%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
631 citations, 0.18%
Infrared Physics
594 citations, 0.17%
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
573 citations, 0.16%
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
569 citations, 0.16%
Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
567 citations, 0.16%
Methods in Experimental Physics
559 citations, 0.16%
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
555 citations, 0.16%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
551 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments
537 citations, 0.15%
Physical Review E
533 citations, 0.15%
Astrophysical Journal
527 citations, 0.15%
Physica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research
527 citations, 0.15%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
521 citations, 0.15%
Sensors
497 citations, 0.14%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
479 citations, 0.14%
Topics in Applied Physics
477 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Scientific Instruments
471 citations, 0.14%
Reviews of Modern Physics
468 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics
456 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Vision
447 citations, 0.13%
Lighting Research and Technology
436 citations, 0.13%
IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
426 citations, 0.12%
Biological Cybernetics
423 citations, 0.12%
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
419 citations, 0.12%
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
419 citations, 0.12%
Clinical and Experimental Optometry
411 citations, 0.12%
Remote Sensing of Environment
404 citations, 0.12%
Measurement Science and Technology
403 citations, 0.12%
Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
401 citations, 0.11%
Journal de Physique
394 citations, 0.11%
Optometry and Vision Science
393 citations, 0.11%
Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series
390 citations, 0.11%
Documenta Ophthalmologica
386 citations, 0.11%
Icarus
385 citations, 0.11%
Biomedical Optics Express
382 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Optics
371 citations, 0.11%
Optical Review
363 citations, 0.1%
Physics in Medicine and Biology
361 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
354 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Luminescence
348 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
348 citations, 0.1%
Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists
348 citations, 0.1%
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Optica Publishing Group
73915 citations, 21.2%
Elsevier
70532 citations, 20.23%
Springer Nature
30563 citations, 8.76%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
20367 citations, 5.84%
Wiley
19556 citations, 5.61%
IOP Publishing
17114 citations, 4.91%
AIP Publishing
14084 citations, 4.04%
American Physical Society (APS)
11987 citations, 3.44%
Taylor & Francis
11561 citations, 3.32%
SAGE
4973 citations, 1.43%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
4374 citations, 1.25%
Cambridge University Press
4008 citations, 1.15%
MDPI
3789 citations, 1.09%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
3411 citations, 0.98%
Pleiades Publishing
1787 citations, 0.51%
Japan Society of Applied Physics
1406 citations, 0.4%
EDP Sciences
1379 citations, 0.4%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1325 citations, 0.38%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1175 citations, 0.34%
Oxford University Press
1151 citations, 0.33%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1128 citations, 0.32%
American Astronomical Society
1003 citations, 0.29%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
960 citations, 0.28%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
958 citations, 0.27%
The Royal Society
817 citations, 0.23%
Optical Society of India
710 citations, 0.2%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
681 citations, 0.2%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
650 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers Media S.A.
603 citations, 0.17%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
602 citations, 0.17%
Physical Society of Japan
600 citations, 0.17%
Walter de Gruyter
511 citations, 0.15%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
485 citations, 0.14%
Copernicus
425 citations, 0.12%
Hindawi Limited
417 citations, 0.12%
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
411 citations, 0.12%
American Geophysical Union
364 citations, 0.1%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
356 citations, 0.1%
Canadian Science Publishing
345 citations, 0.1%
Maximum Academic Press
327 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
325 citations, 0.09%
American Physiological Society
271 citations, 0.08%
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
269 citations, 0.08%
American Vacuum Society
269 citations, 0.08%
Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
264 citations, 0.08%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
262 citations, 0.08%
Society for Neuroscience
225 citations, 0.06%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
222 citations, 0.06%
Trans Tech Publications
221 citations, 0.06%
ASME International
201 citations, 0.06%
Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk Journal
190 citations, 0.05%
Illuminating Engineering Society of Japan
175 citations, 0.05%
American Meteorological Society
170 citations, 0.05%
BMJ
169 citations, 0.05%
Annual Reviews
168 citations, 0.05%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
165 citations, 0.05%
SAE International
158 citations, 0.05%
SLACK
142 citations, 0.04%
MIT Press
129 citations, 0.04%
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
125 citations, 0.04%
The Electrochemical Society
125 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Colour Material
121 citations, 0.03%
Electromagnetics Academy
111 citations, 0.03%
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
111 citations, 0.03%
Stockholm University Press
104 citations, 0.03%
The Chemical Society of Japan
102 citations, 0.03%
Emerald
100 citations, 0.03%
The Company of Biologists
90 citations, 0.03%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
84 citations, 0.02%
Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
84 citations, 0.02%
The Laser Society of Japan
80 citations, 0.02%
IGI Global
80 citations, 0.02%
IntechOpen
71 citations, 0.02%
67 citations, 0.02%
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
62 citations, 0.02%
Scientific Research Publishing
62 citations, 0.02%
British Institute of Radiology
60 citations, 0.02%
Meteorological Society of Japan
52 citations, 0.01%
American Society for Microbiology
49 citations, 0.01%
Cellule MathDoc/Centre Mersenne
49 citations, 0.01%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - Institute of Semiconductor Physics
48 citations, 0.01%
Society for Imaging Science & Technology
48 citations, 0.01%
eLife Sciences Publications
46 citations, 0.01%
Colegio Nacional de Opticos-Optometristas de Espana
45 citations, 0.01%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
45 citations, 0.01%
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
42 citations, 0.01%
Science in China Press
41 citations, 0.01%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
38 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEE Japan)
38 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
38 citations, 0.01%
Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS
35 citations, 0.01%
American Mathematical Society
30 citations, 0.01%
Mary Ann Liebert
29 citations, 0.01%
S. Karger AG
29 citations, 0.01%
Laser Institute of America
28 citations, 0.01%
Societa Italiana di Fisica
27 citations, 0.01%
Eizo Joho Media Gakkai
27 citations, 0.01%
Allerton Press
27 citations, 0.01%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
26 citations, 0.01%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
26 citations, 0.01%
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
415 publications, 2.59%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
297 publications, 1.85%
University of Rochester
297 publications, 1.85%
United States Naval Research Laboratory
209 publications, 1.3%
Johns Hopkins University
196 publications, 1.22%
University of Michigan
148 publications, 0.92%
Columbia University
140 publications, 0.87%
Ohio State University
138 publications, 0.86%
University of California, Berkeley
129 publications, 0.8%
Harvard University
120 publications, 0.75%
Stanford University
113 publications, 0.7%
University of Arizona
104 publications, 0.65%
Cornell University
100 publications, 0.62%
University of Chicago
97 publications, 0.61%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
94 publications, 0.59%
Pennsylvania State University
91 publications, 0.57%
California Institute of Technology
84 publications, 0.52%
Australian National University
70 publications, 0.44%
University of California, Los Angeles
68 publications, 0.42%
University of Southern California
64 publications, 0.4%
Imperial College London
63 publications, 0.39%
Purdue University
63 publications, 0.39%
New York University
58 publications, 0.36%
Northwestern University
57 publications, 0.36%
Goddard Space Flight Center
57 publications, 0.36%
University of Pennsylvania
56 publications, 0.35%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
53 publications, 0.33%
University of Maryland, College Park
53 publications, 0.33%
Brown University
51 publications, 0.32%
Argonne National Laboratory
49 publications, 0.31%
University of California, San Diego
49 publications, 0.31%
Princeton University
48 publications, 0.3%
Yale University
47 publications, 0.29%
University of Colorado Boulder
45 publications, 0.28%
University of Washington
44 publications, 0.27%
University of Cambridge
42 publications, 0.26%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
42 publications, 0.26%
Carnegie Institution for Science
42 publications, 0.26%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
40 publications, 0.25%
University of Minnesota
40 publications, 0.25%
Carnegie Mellon University
38 publications, 0.24%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
37 publications, 0.23%
Université Laval
37 publications, 0.23%
Osaka University
35 publications, 0.22%
University of Toronto
35 publications, 0.22%
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
33 publications, 0.21%
Utrecht University
33 publications, 0.21%
Tufts University
32 publications, 0.2%
University of Tokyo
32 publications, 0.2%
National Research Council Canada
31 publications, 0.19%
Lund University
30 publications, 0.19%
Kansas State University
30 publications, 0.19%
University of Texas at Austin
29 publications, 0.18%
Dartmouth College
29 publications, 0.18%
National Physical Laboratory
28 publications, 0.17%
National Physical Laboratory of India
27 publications, 0.17%
University of Alberta
27 publications, 0.17%
University of Iowa
27 publications, 0.17%
Washington University in St. Louis
26 publications, 0.16%
University of Oklahoma
26 publications, 0.16%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
25 publications, 0.16%
Weizmann Institute of Science
23 publications, 0.14%
Hokkaido University
23 publications, 0.14%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
23 publications, 0.14%
Georgia Institute of technology
22 publications, 0.14%
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
21 publications, 0.13%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
21 publications, 0.13%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
21 publications, 0.13%
Florida State University
20 publications, 0.12%
University of Tasmania
20 publications, 0.12%
University of Florida
20 publications, 0.12%
City College of New York
20 publications, 0.12%
Iowa State University
19 publications, 0.12%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
19 publications, 0.12%
Mayo Clinic
19 publications, 0.12%
Indiana University Bloomington
19 publications, 0.12%
University of Virginia
19 publications, 0.12%
ETH Zurich
18 publications, 0.11%
University of Oxford
18 publications, 0.11%
Tokyo Institute of Technology
18 publications, 0.11%
University of California, Santa Barbara
18 publications, 0.11%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
18 publications, 0.11%
University of Kentucky
18 publications, 0.11%
University of Pittsburgh
18 publications, 0.11%
Watson Research Center
18 publications, 0.11%
Tel Aviv University
17 publications, 0.11%
University of Oslo
17 publications, 0.11%
Northeastern University
17 publications, 0.11%
Royal Philips
17 publications, 0.11%
University of Denver
17 publications, 0.11%
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
16 publications, 0.1%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
16 publications, 0.1%
University of Waterloo
16 publications, 0.1%
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
16 publications, 0.1%
University of Manitoba
16 publications, 0.1%
University of Cincinnati
16 publications, 0.1%
University of Utah
16 publications, 0.1%
University of Tennessee
16 publications, 0.1%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
15 publications, 0.09%
Duke University
15 publications, 0.09%
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USA, 8914, 55.6%
USA
8914 publications, 55.6%
United Kingdom, 442, 2.76%
United Kingdom
442 publications, 2.76%
Canada, 391, 2.44%
Canada
391 publications, 2.44%
Japan, 312, 1.95%
Japan
312 publications, 1.95%
France, 216, 1.35%
France
216 publications, 1.35%
Australia, 186, 1.16%
Australia
186 publications, 1.16%
Netherlands, 142, 0.89%
Netherlands
142 publications, 0.89%
Mexico, 136, 0.85%
Mexico
136 publications, 0.85%
Israel, 130, 0.81%
Israel
130 publications, 0.81%
Germany, 114, 0.71%
Germany
114 publications, 0.71%
India, 108, 0.67%
India
108 publications, 0.67%
Italy, 88, 0.55%
Italy
88 publications, 0.55%
Sweden, 85, 0.53%
Sweden
85 publications, 0.53%
Switzerland, 38, 0.24%
Switzerland
38 publications, 0.24%
Norway, 30, 0.19%
Norway
30 publications, 0.19%
Belgium, 25, 0.16%
Belgium
25 publications, 0.16%
Denmark, 25, 0.16%
Denmark
25 publications, 0.16%
Russia, 23, 0.14%
Russia
23 publications, 0.14%
Poland, 23, 0.14%
Poland
23 publications, 0.14%
USSR, 22, 0.14%
USSR
22 publications, 0.14%
Spain, 20, 0.12%
Spain
20 publications, 0.12%
Egypt, 19, 0.12%
Egypt
19 publications, 0.12%
Brazil, 17, 0.11%
Brazil
17 publications, 0.11%
Czech Republic, 15, 0.09%
Czech Republic
15 publications, 0.09%
Czechoslovakia, 15, 0.09%
Czechoslovakia
15 publications, 0.09%
South Africa, 14, 0.09%
South Africa
14 publications, 0.09%
China, 13, 0.08%
China
13 publications, 0.08%
Argentina, 13, 0.08%
Argentina
13 publications, 0.08%
Yugoslavia, 12, 0.07%
Yugoslavia
12 publications, 0.07%
Philippines, 11, 0.07%
Philippines
11 publications, 0.07%
Hungary, 9, 0.06%
Hungary
9 publications, 0.06%
Greece, 9, 0.06%
Greece
9 publications, 0.06%
New Zealand, 9, 0.06%
New Zealand
9 publications, 0.06%
Republic of Korea, 8, 0.05%
Republic of Korea
8 publications, 0.05%
Croatia, 7, 0.04%
Croatia
7 publications, 0.04%
Austria, 5, 0.03%
Austria
5 publications, 0.03%
Venezuela, 4, 0.02%
Venezuela
4 publications, 0.02%
Ireland, 4, 0.02%
Ireland
4 publications, 0.02%
Slovenia, 4, 0.02%
Slovenia
4 publications, 0.02%
Iran, 3, 0.02%
Iran
3 publications, 0.02%
Malaysia, 3, 0.02%
Malaysia
3 publications, 0.02%
Nigeria, 2, 0.01%
Nigeria
2 publications, 0.01%
Palestine, 2, 0.01%
Palestine
2 publications, 0.01%
Romania, 2, 0.01%
Romania
2 publications, 0.01%
Chile, 2, 0.01%
Chile
2 publications, 0.01%
Azerbaijan, 1, 0.01%
Azerbaijan
1 publication, 0.01%
Iraq, 1, 0.01%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.01%
Liechtenstein, 1, 0.01%
Liechtenstein
1 publication, 0.01%
Paraguay, 1, 0.01%
Paraguay
1 publication, 0.01%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0.01%
Puerto Rico
1 publication, 0.01%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.01%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.01%
Serbia, 1, 0.01%
Serbia
1 publication, 0.01%
Singapore, 1, 0.01%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.01%
Turkey, 1, 0.01%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.01%
Uruguay, 1, 0.01%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.01%
Finland, 1, 0.01%
Finland
1 publication, 0.01%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.01%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.01%
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