Journal profile
Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
ISSN 1464-4258 · Monthly · Founded 1999
Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics: subscription journal; review about 2.7 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics's largest topics are Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, together about 27.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear OpticsPhysics and Astronomy10.7%
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsMaterials Science9.2%
- Orbital Angular Momentum in OpticsPhysics and Astronomy7.8%
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchEngineering5.4%
- Photonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy5.2%
- Optical measurement and interference techniquesComputer Science5%
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering4.2%
- Nonlinear Photonic SystemsPhysics and Astronomy4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- h-index
- 88OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,239OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,273 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 871 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1,354 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1,638 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1,770 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1,851 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1,966 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2.7 monthsLetPub ·
- 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
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1464-4258
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
How long does peer review take at Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics?
Authors report an average review time of about 2.7 months; 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.
Is Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 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: .