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Optics and Lasers in Engineering
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Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 166 63 94 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 376
Documents by Best Scientists*: 570
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 131
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.9
Impact Factor: 3.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Optics and Lasers in Engineering?

Optics and Lasers in Engineering tackles a plethora of topics, such as Optics, Laser, Artificial intelligence, Computer vision and Interferometry. Research on Optics addressed in Optics and Lasers in Engineering frequently intersections with the field of Phase (waves). The overlapping concepts between Algorithm and Encryption are the key highlights of Phase (waves) study.

Optics and Lasers in Engineering addresses concerns in Laser which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Optoelectronics and Composite material. Microstructure is a focus of the presented Composite material works and it dives deep in Microstructure. Digital image correlation and Pattern recognition are some topics wherein Artificial intelligence research discussed in it have an impact.

Many of the studies tackled connect Digital image correlation with a similar field of study like Displacement (vector). The in-depth study on Computer vision also explores topics in the intersecting field of Calibration. Electronic speckle pattern interferometry and Speckle imaging are all aspects of Speckle pattern discussed in it.

  • Optics (52.88%)
  • Laser (18.30%)
  • Artificial intelligence (15.63%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fringe projection techniques: Whither we are? (825 citations)
  • Recent progresses on real-time 3D shape measurement using digital fringe projection techniques (699 citations)
  • Fourier transform profilometry:: a review (472 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Optics and Lasers in Engineering:

The most cited publications investigate studies in Optics, Artificial intelligence, Laser, Computer vision and Algorithm. The journal papers address concerns in Optics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Phase (waves), Displacement (vector) and Fourier transform. The journal publications explore topics in Laser which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Optoelectronics and Composite material.

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

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Optics, Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Laser and Algorithm are the focal point of discussions in Optics and Lasers in Engineering. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Optics and the similar topic of Phase (waves). Artificial intelligence research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Computation and Detector.

The concepts on Computer vision presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Calibration and Digital image correlation. Laser research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Optoelectronics, Ultrasonic sensor and Signal. Optics and Lasers in Engineering focused on Algorithm research but expanded to cover Encryption.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Increasing field of view and signal to noise ratio in the quantitative phase imaging with phase shifting holography based on the Hanbury Brown-Twiss approach (1 citations)
  • 3D image hiding using deep demosaicking and computational integral imaging (1 citations)
  • Glare: A free and open-source software for generation and assessment of digital speckle pattern (1 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 Optics and Lasers in Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Anand Asundi (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bekir Sami Yilbas (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pramod Rastogi (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chao Zuo (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Qian Chen (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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 Optics and Lasers in Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (167 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (118 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tianjin University (111 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (103 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (88 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 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 2022 edition, 10.96% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.46% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.31% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.92% of all publications and 32.31% 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

  • Fiber Optic Shape Sensors: A comprehensive review

    Ignazio Floris;Jose M. Adam;Pedro A. Calderón;Salvador Sales

    (2021)
    274 Citations
  • A novel chaotic algorithm for image encryption utilizing one-time pad based on pixel level and DNA level

    (2020)
    181 Citations
  • A new color image encryption scheme based on 2DNLCML system and genetic operations

    Ying-Qian Zhang;Yi He;Pi Li;Xing-Yuan Wang

    (2020)
    159 Citations
  • Chaotic image encryption algorithm based on hybrid multi-objective particle swarm optimization and DNA sequence

    Xingyuan Wang;Yanpei Li

    (2021)
    112 Citations
  • Polarimetric underwater image recovery via deep learning

    Haofeng Hu;Haofeng Hu;Yanbin Zhang;Yanbin Zhang;Xiaobo Li;Xiaobo Li;Yang Lin;Yang Lin

    (2020)
    112 Citations
  • A new combination chaotic system and its application in a new Bit-level image encryption scheme

    Wenjie Zhou;Xingyuan Wang;Mingxu Wang;Dongyan Li

    (2022)
    100 Citations
  • A sensitive dynamic mutual encryption system based on a new 1D chaotic map

    Mohamed Amine Midoun;Xingyuan Wang;Xingyuan Wang;Mohamed Zakariya Talhaoui

    (2021)
    84 Citations
  • Image Encryption Based on Chaotic Sub-Block Scrambling and Chaotic Digit Selection Diffusion

    Yongjin Xian;Xingyuan Wang;Xiaopeng Yan;Qi Li

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Deep-learning denoising computational ghost imaging

    Heng Wu;Heng Wu;Heng Wu;Ruizhou Wang;Ruizhou Wang;Genping Zhao;Huapan Xiao

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • A new random diffusion algorithm based on the multi-scroll Chua's chaotic circuit system

    Xiaolin Ye;Xingyuan Wang;Suo Gao;Jun Mou

    (2020)
    41 Citations

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