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Biomedical Optics Express
H-index 37

Biomedical Optics Express

2156-7085

Published by: Optical Society of America

https://www.osapublishing.org/boe/home.cfm

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 111 35 82 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 591
Documents by Best Scientists*: 802
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 117
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.896
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biomedical Optics Express?

Optics, Optical coherence tomography, Biomedical engineering, Artificial intelligence and Image processing are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Many of the studies tackled connect Optics with a similar field of study like Image quality. The study on Image quality presented in Biomedical Optics Express intersects with subjects under the field of Image resolution.

The work on Optical coherence tomography tackled in Biomedical Optics Express brings together disciplines like Preclinical imaging, Adaptive optics, Medical imaging, Retinal and Retina. While it focused on Biomedical engineering, it was also able to explore topics like Imaging phantom, Blood flow and Pathology. Biomedical Optics Express links adjacent topics like Pathology with In vivo.

The Artificial intelligence works featured in Biomedical Optics Express incorporate elements from Computer vision and Pattern recognition. Biomedical Optics Express focuses on Image processing as well as the interrelated topic of Iterative reconstruction. Issues in Microscopy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Resolution (electron density) and Fluorescence, Fluorescence microscope.

  • Optics (38.27%)
  • Optical coherence tomography (25.89%)
  • Biomedical engineering (18.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Low-dose CT via convolutional neural network (379 citations)
  • Multiplexed coded illumination for Fourier Ptychography with an LED array microscope. (366 citations)
  • Quantitative OCT angiography of optic nerve head blood flow (337 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biomedical Optics Express:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Optics, Optical coherence tomography, Biomedical engineering, Pathology and Image processing. Issues in Optical coherence tomography were discussed in the journal papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Image quality, Preclinical imaging, Retinal, Artificial intelligence and Computer vision. Blood flow, Nuclear magnetic resonance and In vivo are some topics wherein Pathology research discussed in the most cited publications has an impact.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Biomedical Optics Express (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yali Jia (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ruikang K. Wang (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Joseph A. Izatt (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Christoph K. Hitzenberger (36 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • David Huang (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Biomedical Optics Express (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (142 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Duke University (97 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (80 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Medical University of Vienna (79 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (68 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.56% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.02% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.12% of all publications and 57.30% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Robotic microscopy for everyone: the OpenFlexure microscope

    Joel T. Collins;Joe Knapper;Julian Stirling;Joram Mduda

    (2020)
    126 Citations
  • Deep learning in single-molecule microscopy: fundamentals, caveats, and recent developments [Invited].

    Leonhard Möckl;Anish R Roy;W E Moerner

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Photobiomodulation of lymphatic drainage and clearance: perspective strategy for augmentation of meningeal lymphatic functions

    Oxana Semyachkina-Glushkovskaya;Arkady Abdurashitov;Alexander Dubrovsky;Maria Klimova

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Two-photon image-scanning microscopy with SPAD array and blind image reconstruction.

    Sami V. Koho;Eli Slenders;Giorgio Tortarolo;Marco Castello

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Photoacoustic computed tomography for functional human brain imaging [Invited]

    Shuai Na;Lihong V. Wang

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • High-throughput 3D imaging of single cells with light-sheet fluorescence microscopy on chip

    Federico Sala;Michele Castriotta;Petra Paiè;Andrea Farina

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Computational tissue staining of non-linear multimodal imaging using supervised and unsupervised deep learning.

    Pranita Pradhan;Tobias Meyer;Michael Vieth;Andreas Stallmach

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Multi-MHz MEMS-VCSEL swept-source optical coherence tomography for endoscopic structural and angiographic imaging with miniaturized brushless motor probes

    Jason Zhang;Tan Nguyen;Benjamin Potsaid;Vijaysekhar Jayaraman

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Applications of augmented reality in ophthalmology [Invited].

    Güneş Aydındoğan;Koray Kavaklı;Afsun Şahin;Pablo Artal

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Vision-correcting holographic display: evaluation of aberration correcting hologram.

    Dongyeon Kim;Seung-Woo Nam;Kiseung Bang;Byounghyo Lee

    (2021)
    27 Citations

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