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Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
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Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

0740-3224

Published by: Optical Society of America

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 125 60 105 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 418
Documents by Best Scientists*: 548
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 161
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.475
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Optics, Laser, Optoelectronics, Atomic physics and Nonlinear optics. Most of the Optics studies addressed also intersect with Nonlinear system. The journal concentrated on Laser research, specifically Femtosecond, Semiconductor laser theory, Mode-locking, Fiber laser and Laser pumping.

The study on Optoelectronics presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Absorption (electromagnetic radiation). The journal addresses concerns in Atomic physics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Spectroscopy, Spectral line and Ion, Ionization. In addition to Nonlinear optics research, the journal aims to explore topics under Molecular physics and Second-harmonic generation.

Surface plasmon is a major topic of Plasmon research. The study on Surface plasmon featured in Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics expounds on the topic of Surface plasmon polariton in particular.

  • Optics (58.31%)
  • Laser (19.50%)
  • Optoelectronics (18.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Measurement of two-photon excitation cross sections of molecular fluorophores with data from 690 to 1050 nm (1839 citations)
  • Far-infrared time-domain spectroscopy with terahertz beams of dielectrics and semiconductors (1764 citations)
  • High power fiber lasers: current status and future perspectives [Invited] (1316 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics:

The published papers investigate areas of study like Optics, Laser, Optoelectronics, Nonlinear optics and Atomic physics. The journal articles link adjacent topics like Optics with Molecular physics. The journal articles explore research in Optoelectronics alongside concepts in Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) and other areas of study in Absorption spectroscopy.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics
  • Laser

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Optics, Optoelectronics, Laser, Refractive index and Polarization (waves). Optics study tackled is connected to the field of Phase (waves). Optoelectronics research featured in Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Surface plasmon resonance and Graphene.

The study on Laser presented in Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics intersects with subjects under the field of Atomic physics. The majority of Plasmon studies presented zero in on Surface plasmon polariton.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Inverse design in photonics by topology optimization: tutorial (19 citations)
  • Reconfigurable bandpass optical filters based on subwavelength grating waveguides with a Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 cavity (8 citations)
  • On longitudinal radiation pressure cross-sections in the generalized Lorenz–Mie theory and their numerical relationship with the dipole theory of forces (8 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 The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Govind P. Agrawal (57 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Boris A. Malomed (51 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Stefan Wabnitz (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Günter (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George I. Stegeman (44 papers) absent at the last 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 The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (340 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (287 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (254 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (201 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Rochester (173 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more 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, 12.36% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.74% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.37% of all publications and 76.21% 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

  • Recent advances in supercontinuum generation in specialty optical fibers [Invited]

    T. Sylvestre;E. Genier;A. N. Ghosh;P. Bowen

    (2021)
    139 Citations
  • Starting Dynamics of a Linear-Cavity Femtosecond Mamyshev Oscillator.

    Yi-Hao Chen;Pavel Sidorenko;Robert Thorne;Frank Wise

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • Gain in time-dependent media—a new mechanism

    J. B. Pendry;E. Galiffi;P. A. Huidobro

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Airy–Gaussian vortex beams in the fractional nonlinear-Schrödinger medium

    Shangling He;Kangzhu Zhou;Boris A. Malomed;Dumitru Mihalache

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • FOKUS II—Space flight of a compact and vacuum compatible dual frequency comb system

    Benjamin J. Pröbster;Matthias Lezius;Olaf Mandel;Claus Braxmaier

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Graphene-based metasurface absorber for the active and broadband manipulation of terahertz radiation

    Ekin Bircan Boşdurmaz;Hodjat Hajian;Veysel Erçağlar;Ekmel Özbay

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Temporal reflection and refraction of optical pulses inside a dispersive medium: an analytic approach

    Junchi Zhang;W. R. Donaldson;G. P. Agrawal

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Design guidelines for normal-dispersion fiber optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifiers.

    Walter Fu;Robert Herda;Frank W. Wise

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Generation of narrowband counterpropagating polarization-entangled photon pairs based on thin-film lithium niobate on insulator

    Jia-Chen Duan;Ji-Ning Zhang;Yin-Jun Zhu;Chang-Wei Sun

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Giant electric and magnetic Purcell factor in dielectric oligomers

    Davide Rocco;Aristeidis Lamprianidis;Andrey E. Miroshnichenko;Costantino De Angelis

    (2020)
    19 Citations

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