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SCImago
Q2
SJR
0.439
CiteScore
3.7
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Frontiers in Photonics
Publications
123
Citations
583
h-index
10
Publications
122
Citations
571
Top-3 citing journals
Optics Express
Optics Express (28 citations)
Applied Optics
Applied Optics (17 citations)
Nanophotonics
Nanophotonics (12 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (29 publications)
China (22 publications)
Italy (12 publications)
USA (29 publications)
China (22 publications)
Italy (12 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Optics Express
28 citations, 4.8%
Applied Optics
17 citations, 2.92%
Nanophotonics
12 citations, 2.06%
Optics and Lasers in Engineering
11 citations, 1.89%
Optics Letters
10 citations, 1.72%
Journal of Biomedical Optics
9 citations, 1.54%
Physical Review A
9 citations, 1.54%
Photonics
8 citations, 1.37%
Physical Review Applied
8 citations, 1.37%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
8 citations, 1.37%
Optics Communications
8 citations, 1.37%
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
8 citations, 1.37%
Scientific Reports
7 citations, 1.2%
Sensors
7 citations, 1.2%
Applied Physics Letters
6 citations, 1.03%
Optics and Laser Technology
6 citations, 1.03%
Light: Science and Applications
6 citations, 1.03%
Biomedical Optics Express
6 citations, 1.03%
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
5 citations, 0.86%
Journal of Lightwave Technology
5 citations, 0.86%
Polymers
5 citations, 0.86%
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
5 citations, 0.86%
Nanoscale
4 citations, 0.69%
New Journal of Physics
4 citations, 0.69%
Advanced Optical Materials
4 citations, 0.69%
Journal of Applied Physics
4 citations, 0.69%
Solar Energy
4 citations, 0.69%
IEEE Access
4 citations, 0.69%
Frontiers in Photonics
4 citations, 0.69%
Nature Communications
3 citations, 0.51%
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
3 citations, 0.51%
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
3 citations, 0.51%
Small
3 citations, 0.51%
Journal of Biophotonics
3 citations, 0.51%
ACS Photonics
3 citations, 0.51%
Physica Scripta
3 citations, 0.51%
Heliyon
3 citations, 0.51%
Journal of the European Optical Society
2 citations, 0.34%
Pharmaceuticals
2 citations, 0.34%
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
2 citations, 0.34%
ACS Applied Nano Materials
2 citations, 0.34%
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2 citations, 0.34%
Displays
2 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2 citations, 0.34%
Advanced Science
2 citations, 0.34%
Electronics (Switzerland)
2 citations, 0.34%
Biosensors
2 citations, 0.34%
Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
2 citations, 0.34%
ACS Applied Energy Materials
2 citations, 0.34%
Advanced Functional Materials
2 citations, 0.34%
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
2 citations, 0.34%
ACS Nano
2 citations, 0.34%
Reports on Progress in Physics
2 citations, 0.34%
Nanomaterials
2 citations, 0.34%
Review of Scientific Instruments
2 citations, 0.34%
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2 citations, 0.34%
Lab on a Chip
2 citations, 0.34%
Diamond and Related Materials
2 citations, 0.34%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2 citations, 0.34%
Ceramics International
2 citations, 0.34%
Laser and Photonics Reviews
2 citations, 0.34%
Optik
2 citations, 0.34%
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2 citations, 0.34%
Optical and Quantum Electronics
2 citations, 0.34%
Gels
2 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Optics (India)
2 citations, 0.34%
Energy and Buildings
2 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Fluorescence
2 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2 citations, 0.34%
Symmetry
2 citations, 0.34%
Advances in Physics: X
2 citations, 0.34%
Remote Sensing
2 citations, 0.34%
Advanced Materials
2 citations, 0.34%
Materials
2 citations, 0.34%
Physical Review Research
2 citations, 0.34%
Optics Continuum
2 citations, 0.34%
Software Impacts
2 citations, 0.34%
Measurement Techniques
1 citation, 0.17%
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
1 citation, 0.17%
Advances in Optics and Photonics
1 citation, 0.17%
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
1 citation, 0.17%
Nature Nanotechnology
1 citation, 0.17%
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
1 citation, 0.17%
Journal of Chemical Physics
1 citation, 0.17%
Surfaces and Interfaces
1 citation, 0.17%
Materials Horizons
1 citation, 0.17%
Applied Physics Reviews
1 citation, 0.17%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
1 citation, 0.17%
Physics in Medicine and Biology
1 citation, 0.17%
Micromachines
1 citation, 0.17%
Developmental Psychobiology
1 citation, 0.17%
Frontiers of Optoelectronics
1 citation, 0.17%
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
1 citation, 0.17%
Engineering Failure Analysis
1 citation, 0.17%
Laser Physics
1 citation, 0.17%
Photochemistry and Photobiology
1 citation, 0.17%
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
1 citation, 0.17%
Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
1 citation, 0.17%
Experimental Mechanics
1 citation, 0.17%
Technology, Pedagogy and Education
1 citation, 0.17%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
97 citations, 16.64%
Optica Publishing Group
74 citations, 12.69%
Springer Nature
62 citations, 10.63%
MDPI
59 citations, 10.12%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
45 citations, 7.72%
Wiley
38 citations, 6.52%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
24 citations, 4.12%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
24 citations, 4.12%
American Physical Society (APS)
22 citations, 3.77%
IOP Publishing
22 citations, 3.77%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
20 citations, 3.43%
AIP Publishing
16 citations, 2.74%
Walter de Gruyter
13 citations, 2.23%
Frontiers Media S.A.
8 citations, 1.37%
Taylor & Francis
5 citations, 0.86%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
5 citations, 0.86%
Oxford University Press
4 citations, 0.69%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.34%
Pleiades Publishing
2 citations, 0.34%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2 citations, 0.34%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
2 citations, 0.34%
Annual Reviews
2 citations, 0.34%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.34%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
2 citations, 0.34%
Cambridge University Press
1 citation, 0.17%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.17%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.17%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1 citation, 0.17%
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.17%
North-Eastern Federal University
1 citation, 0.17%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.17%
Opto-Electronic Advances
1 citation, 0.17%
FSUE VNIIMS All-Russian Research Institute of Metrological Service
1 citation, 0.17%
Publishing House for Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (Publications)
1 citation, 0.17%
The Laser Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.17%
IGI Global
1 citation, 0.17%
Kazakh-British Technical University
1 citation, 0.17%
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University of Brescia
4 publications, 3.25%
Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre
3 publications, 2.44%
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 1.63%
Polytechnic University of Milan
2 publications, 1.63%
National Institute of Optics
2 publications, 1.63%
Macquarie University
2 publications, 1.63%
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics
2 publications, 1.63%
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2 publications, 1.63%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 1.63%
Middle East Technical University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.81%
Beijing University of Technology
1 publication, 0.81%
Sapienza University of Rome
1 publication, 0.81%
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Nantes
1 publication, 0.81%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.81%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.81%
Xidian University
1 publication, 0.81%
Jinan University
1 publication, 0.81%
Xiamen University
1 publication, 0.81%
Polytechnic University of Turin
1 publication, 0.81%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.81%
Shanghai University
1 publication, 0.81%
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.81%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.81%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.81%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.81%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
1 publication, 0.81%
Italian Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.81%
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie
1 publication, 0.81%
Georgia Institute of technology
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.81%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.81%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
1 publication, 0.81%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1 publication, 0.81%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.81%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.81%
West Virginia University
1 publication, 0.81%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.81%
Northern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.81%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, Riverside
1 publication, 0.81%
Shandong University
1 publication, 0.81%
Tohoku University
1 publication, 0.81%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.81%
FORTH Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
1 publication, 0.81%
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
1 publication, 0.81%
Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.81%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1 publication, 0.81%
Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
1 publication, 0.81%
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.81%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
1 publication, 0.81%
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Bremen
1 publication, 0.81%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.81%
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
1 publication, 0.81%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
1 publication, 0.81%
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
1 publication, 0.81%
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
1 publication, 0.81%
Polytechnic University of Valencia
1 publication, 0.81%
Toronto Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.81%
Université Laval
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Valencia
1 publication, 0.81%
Houston Methodist Hospital
1 publication, 0.81%
Institute for the Structure of Matter
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Rochester
1 publication, 0.81%
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
1 publication, 0.81%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.81%
Middle Tennessee State University
1 publication, 0.81%
Aswan University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of São Paulo
1 publication, 0.81%
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Montpellier
1 publication, 0.81%
Singapore Eye Research Institute
1 publication, 0.81%
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
1 publication, 0.81%
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
1 publication, 0.81%
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.81%
Rede de Química e Tecnologia
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 publication, 0.81%
United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
1 publication, 0.81%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.81%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Brescia
4 publications, 3.28%
Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre
3 publications, 2.46%
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 1.64%
Polytechnic University of Milan
2 publications, 1.64%
National Institute of Optics
2 publications, 1.64%
Macquarie University
2 publications, 1.64%
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics
2 publications, 1.64%
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2 publications, 1.64%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 1.64%
Middle East Technical University
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.82%
Beijing University of Technology
1 publication, 0.82%
Sapienza University of Rome
1 publication, 0.82%
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Nantes
1 publication, 0.82%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.82%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.82%
Xidian University
1 publication, 0.82%
Jinan University
1 publication, 0.82%
Xiamen University
1 publication, 0.82%
Polytechnic University of Turin
1 publication, 0.82%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.82%
Shanghai University
1 publication, 0.82%
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.82%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.82%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.82%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.82%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
1 publication, 0.82%
Italian Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.82%
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie
1 publication, 0.82%
Georgia Institute of technology
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.82%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.82%
National Institute of Standards and Technology
1 publication, 0.82%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1 publication, 0.82%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.82%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.82%
West Virginia University
1 publication, 0.82%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.82%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.82%
Northern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.82%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.82%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.82%
University of California, Riverside
1 publication, 0.82%
Shandong University
1 publication, 0.82%
Tohoku University
1 publication, 0.82%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.82%
FORTH Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
1 publication, 0.82%
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
1 publication, 0.82%
Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.82%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1 publication, 0.82%
Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
1 publication, 0.82%
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.82%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
1 publication, 0.82%
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Bremen
1 publication, 0.82%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.82%
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
1 publication, 0.82%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
1 publication, 0.82%
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
1 publication, 0.82%
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
1 publication, 0.82%
Polytechnic University of Valencia
1 publication, 0.82%
Toronto Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.82%
Université Laval
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Valencia
1 publication, 0.82%
Houston Methodist Hospital
1 publication, 0.82%
Institute for the Structure of Matter
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Rochester
1 publication, 0.82%
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
1 publication, 0.82%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.82%
Middle Tennessee State University
1 publication, 0.82%
Aswan University
1 publication, 0.82%
University of São Paulo
1 publication, 0.82%
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Montpellier
1 publication, 0.82%
Singapore Eye Research Institute
1 publication, 0.82%
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
1 publication, 0.82%
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
1 publication, 0.82%
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.82%
Rede de Química e Tecnologia
1 publication, 0.82%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 publication, 0.82%
United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
1 publication, 0.82%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.82%
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USA, 29, 23.58%
USA
29 publications, 23.58%
China, 22, 17.89%
China
22 publications, 17.89%
Italy, 12, 9.76%
Italy
12 publications, 9.76%
Germany, 11, 8.94%
Germany
11 publications, 8.94%
United Kingdom, 11, 8.94%
United Kingdom
11 publications, 8.94%
Spain, 6, 4.88%
Spain
6 publications, 4.88%
Switzerland, 6, 4.88%
Switzerland
6 publications, 4.88%
France, 5, 4.07%
France
5 publications, 4.07%
Australia, 5, 4.07%
Australia
5 publications, 4.07%
Belgium, 5, 4.07%
Belgium
5 publications, 4.07%
Portugal, 3, 2.44%
Portugal
3 publications, 2.44%
Denmark, 3, 2.44%
Denmark
3 publications, 2.44%
Netherlands, 3, 2.44%
Netherlands
3 publications, 2.44%
Japan, 3, 2.44%
Japan
3 publications, 2.44%
Austria, 2, 1.63%
Austria
2 publications, 1.63%
Canada, 2, 1.63%
Canada
2 publications, 1.63%
Norway, 2, 1.63%
Norway
2 publications, 1.63%
Republic of Korea, 2, 1.63%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 1.63%
Algeria, 1, 0.81%
Algeria
1 publication, 0.81%
Brazil, 1, 0.81%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.81%
Greece, 1, 0.81%
Greece
1 publication, 0.81%
India, 1, 0.81%
India
1 publication, 0.81%
Ireland, 1, 0.81%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.81%
Mongolia, 1, 0.81%
Mongolia
1 publication, 0.81%
New Zealand, 1, 0.81%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.81%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.81%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.81%
Singapore, 1, 0.81%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.81%
Slovenia, 1, 0.81%
Slovenia
1 publication, 0.81%
Turkey, 1, 0.81%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.81%
Sweden, 1, 0.81%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.81%
Ecuador, 1, 0.81%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.81%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 29, 23.77%
USA
29 publications, 23.77%
China, 22, 18.03%
China
22 publications, 18.03%
Italy, 12, 9.84%
Italy
12 publications, 9.84%
Germany, 11, 9.02%
Germany
11 publications, 9.02%
United Kingdom, 11, 9.02%
United Kingdom
11 publications, 9.02%
Spain, 6, 4.92%
Spain
6 publications, 4.92%
Switzerland, 6, 4.92%
Switzerland
6 publications, 4.92%
France, 5, 4.1%
France
5 publications, 4.1%
Australia, 5, 4.1%
Australia
5 publications, 4.1%
Belgium, 5, 4.1%
Belgium
5 publications, 4.1%
Portugal, 3, 2.46%
Portugal
3 publications, 2.46%
Denmark, 3, 2.46%
Denmark
3 publications, 2.46%
Netherlands, 3, 2.46%
Netherlands
3 publications, 2.46%
Japan, 3, 2.46%
Japan
3 publications, 2.46%
Austria, 2, 1.64%
Austria
2 publications, 1.64%
Canada, 2, 1.64%
Canada
2 publications, 1.64%
Norway, 2, 1.64%
Norway
2 publications, 1.64%
Republic of Korea, 2, 1.64%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 1.64%
Algeria, 1, 0.82%
Algeria
1 publication, 0.82%
Brazil, 1, 0.82%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.82%
Greece, 1, 0.82%
Greece
1 publication, 0.82%
India, 1, 0.82%
India
1 publication, 0.82%
Ireland, 1, 0.82%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.82%
Mongolia, 1, 0.82%
Mongolia
1 publication, 0.82%
New Zealand, 1, 0.82%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.82%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.82%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.82%
Singapore, 1, 0.82%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.82%
Slovenia, 1, 0.82%
Slovenia
1 publication, 0.82%
Turkey, 1, 0.82%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.82%
Sweden, 1, 0.82%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.82%
Ecuador, 1, 0.82%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.82%
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