Journal profile · Optics
Journal of Optical Technology
ISSN 1070-9762 · eISSN 1091-0786 · The Optical Society · RUSSIA · Monthly
Journal of Optical Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4; subscription journal; median 223 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 127 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Optical Technology is published by The Optical Society and is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Laser Design and Applications, Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies and Photonic and Optical Devices, together about 22.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal publishes design details of a diversity of optical instruments, along with a strong section on computational optics useful to engineers, mathematicians, and physicists, as well as optical scientists. Issues of the English translation volume are published by OSA and appear at the same time as the Russian language edition, Opticheskii Zhurnal, which is produced by the Vavilov State Optical Institute
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Optics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Laser Design and ApplicationsEngineering8.1%
- Optical and Acousto-Optic TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy7.3%
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering7%
- Calibration and Measurement TechniquesEngineering6.4%
- Advanced optical system designEngineering5.8%
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesEngineering5.6%
- Laser Material Processing TechniquesEngineering4.6%
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear OpticsPhysics and Astronomy4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 284OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,363 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 127 | 1 | 41 |
| 2024 | 161 | 0 | 205 |
| 2023 | 100 | 2 | 163 |
| 2022 | 122 | 0 | 259 |
| 2021 | 127 | 0 | 332 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
223 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 158 days – 340 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 310 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 543 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (161 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- The Optical Society
- Country or region
- RUSSIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 1070-9762
- Electronic ISSN
- 1091-0786
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Optical Technology
What CAS zone is Journal of Optical Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Optical Technology is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Optics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Optical Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.4; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Optical Technology?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 223 days (interquartile range 158–340 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Journal of Optical Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Optical Technology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Optical Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Optical Technology is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .