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Journal of Modern Optics
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Journal of Modern Optics

0950-0340

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tmop20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 318 5 5 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 57
Documents by Best Scientists*: 80
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 104
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.247
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Modern Optics?

The foci of the journal are Optics, Quantum mechanics, Laser, Optoelectronics and Atomic physics. Most of the Optics studies addressed also intersect with Phase (waves). The research on Quantum mechanics discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Quantum electrodynamics.

The studies on Atomic physics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Field (physics) and Atom.

  • Optics (55.84%)
  • Quantum mechanics (11.76%)
  • Laser (10.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Handbuch der Physik (6403 citations)
  • Fidelity for Mixed Quantum States (1141 citations)
  • Optical Properties of the Atmosphere (940 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Modern Optics:

The published papers mainly tackle studies in Optics, Quantum mechanics, Laser, Diffraction and Atomic physics. The Optics study tackled in the published papers is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Optoelectronics. Quantum mechanics studies presented in the published articles include Quantum optics, Quantum, Coherent states, Quantum entanglement and Field (physics).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Laser

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Optoelectronics, Optics, Laser, Artificial intelligence and Quantum mechanics. Topics in Optoelectronics explored in Journal of Modern Optics were investigated in conjunction with research in Mach–Zehnder interferometer and Mode (statistics). The Optics study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Gaussian.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Artificial intelligence, it also covered topics in Phase retrieval and Computer vision. The Quantum mechanics works, particularly on Qubit are tackled in Journal of Modern Optics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Locally acting mirror Hamiltonians (5 citations)
  • Controlling three-step harmonic emission for intense attosecond pulses using water window harmonic spectra (5 citations)
  • The Sagnac effect and the role of simultaneity in relativity theory (4 citations)

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 Journal of Modern Optics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stephen M. Barnett (71 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter L. Knight (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marlan O. Scully (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harith Ahmad (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sulaiman Wadi Harun (46 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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 Journal of Modern Optics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Imperial College London (247 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (194 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (102 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Texas A&M University (93 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sichuan University (76 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 6.06% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.65% of all publications and 81.45% 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

  • Gain in single and paired parametric oscillators

    R. Nessler;H. Eleuch;W. P. Schleich;M. O. Scully

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • A multiplicity of exceptional compound plasmon-polariton waves

    Chenzhang Zhou;Tom G. Mackay;Akhlesh Lakhtakia

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Localization of pulse-modulated surface-plasmon-polariton wave guided by a planar silicon/silver interface

    Rajan Agrahari;Akhlesh Lakhtakia;Pradip K. Jain;Pradip K. Jain

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • Dual-polarization operating hybrid plasmonic 2×2 multimode interferometer with mode converter for SOI platform

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • Diode-pumped continuous tunable Nd:YLF laser in the 1.8 μm spectral region on <sup>4</sup> F <sub>3/2</sub> → <sup>4</sup> I <sub>15/2</sub> transition

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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