Applied Optics
SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
1.7
SJR
0.487
CiteScore
3.7
Categories
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Areas
Engineering
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
1962-2025
journal names
Applied Optics
APPL OPTICS
Top-3 citing journals
Applied Optics
(148508 citations)
Optics Express
(54296 citations)
Optics Communications
(32726 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Arizona
(996 publications)
Goddard Space Flight Center
(616 publications)
United States Naval Research Laboratory
(593 publications)
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
(388 publications)
Beijing Institute of Technology
(127 publications)
Tianjin University
(109 publications)
Most cited in 5 years
Found
Top-100
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Optica Publishing Group
278565 citations, 23.65%
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Elsevier
217731 citations, 18.49%
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Springer Nature
90372 citations, 7.67%
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
84197 citations, 7.15%
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IOP Publishing
52424 citations, 4.45%
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Wiley
51618 citations, 4.38%
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SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
43417 citations, 3.69%
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AIP Publishing
37981 citations, 3.22%
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MDPI
37647 citations, 3.2%
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Taylor & Francis
27830 citations, 2.36%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
13291 citations, 1.13%
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American Physical Society (APS)
13243 citations, 1.12%
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Copernicus
10504 citations, 0.89%
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
7479 citations, 0.64%
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SAGE
7285 citations, 0.62%
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Japan Society of Applied Physics
7075 citations, 0.6%
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Pleiades Publishing
7008 citations, 0.6%
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
4352 citations, 0.37%
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Cambridge University Press
3983 citations, 0.34%
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EDP Sciences
3864 citations, 0.33%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
3693 citations, 0.31%
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American Geophysical Union
3642 citations, 0.31%
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Walter de Gruyter
3315 citations, 0.28%
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American Meteorological Society
3102 citations, 0.26%
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Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3077 citations, 0.26%
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Hindawi Limited
2992 citations, 0.25%
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Trans Tech Publications
2148 citations, 0.18%
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World Scientific
2035 citations, 0.17%
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Oxford University Press
1984 citations, 0.17%
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American Astronomical Society
1982 citations, 0.17%
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Optical Society of India
1826 citations, 0.16%
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American Vacuum Society
1581 citations, 0.13%
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1397 citations, 0.12%
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1173 citations, 0.1%
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ASME International
1147 citations, 0.1%
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
1026 citations, 0.09%
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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
1023 citations, 0.09%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
960 citations, 0.08%
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
928 citations, 0.08%
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The Royal Society
923 citations, 0.08%
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The Laser Society of Japan
910 citations, 0.08%
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SAE International
908 citations, 0.08%
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
833 citations, 0.07%
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Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
825 citations, 0.07%
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803 citations, 0.07%
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Annual Reviews
613 citations, 0.05%
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Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk Journal
610 citations, 0.05%
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IntechOpen
569 citations, 0.05%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
488 citations, 0.04%
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Meteorological Society of Japan
455 citations, 0.04%
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Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
439 citations, 0.04%
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Mary Ann Liebert
415 citations, 0.04%
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Science in China Press
412 citations, 0.03%
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Scientific Research Publishing
390 citations, 0.03%
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Electromagnetics Academy
388 citations, 0.03%
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American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
370 citations, 0.03%
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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
367 citations, 0.03%
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Emerald
339 citations, 0.03%
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Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
337 citations, 0.03%
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The Electrochemical Society
331 citations, 0.03%
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Laser Institute of America
320 citations, 0.03%
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Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS
318 citations, 0.03%
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IGI Global
317 citations, 0.03%
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China Science Publishing & Media
306 citations, 0.03%
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Canadian Science Publishing
293 citations, 0.02%
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International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
292 citations, 0.02%
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The Korean Society of Precision Engineering
274 citations, 0.02%
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Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
262 citations, 0.02%
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
238 citations, 0.02%
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International Association for Great Lakes Research
224 citations, 0.02%
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Physical Society of Japan
221 citations, 0.02%
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Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEE Japan)
216 citations, 0.02%
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Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
194 citations, 0.02%
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National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - Institute of Semiconductor Physics
179 citations, 0.02%
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SLACK
175 citations, 0.01%
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Allerton Press
168 citations, 0.01%
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The Japan Society for Precision Engineering
164 citations, 0.01%
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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
162 citations, 0.01%
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Biophysical Society
161 citations, 0.01%
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Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
157 citations, 0.01%
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