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Optics Continuum
ISSN 2770-0208 · Optica Publishing Group · United States
Optics Continuum: CAS Zone 4 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 1,440; median 70 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 254 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Optics Continuum is published by Optica Publishing Group 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 Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, together about 29% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): OPTICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering12.1%
- Advanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy9.6%
- Advanced Fiber Optic SensorsEngineering7.3%
- Optical Network TechnologiesEngineering6.2%
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsEngineering4.4%
- Advanced Photonic Communication SystemsEngineering3.9%
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear OpticsPhysics and Astronomy3.8%
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesEngineering3.8%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 229LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,151 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 227 | 227 | 41 |
| 2025 | 254 | 254 | 302 |
| 2024 | 201 | 201 | 745 |
| 2023 | 205 | 205 | 1,091 |
| 2022 | 264 | 264 | 1,380 |
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
70 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 88 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 89 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (541 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)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,440 | Yes | CC BY, Publisher's own license | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,372 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,405 | Yes | — |
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
- Optica Publishing Group
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2770-0208
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Optics Continuum
What CAS zone is Optics Continuum in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Optics Continuum 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.
How long does peer review take at Optics Continuum?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 70 days (interquartile range 47–88 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Optics Continuum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Optics Continuum is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Optics Continuum open access, and what is the APC?
Optics Continuum is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,440.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .