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Optics and Photonics News
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Optics and Photonics News

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Published by: The Optical Society

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 236 21 20 6
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 366 21 17 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 68
Documents by Best Scientists*: 53
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Optics & Photonics News?

Optics & Photonics News mainly deals with areas of study such as Optics, Optoelectronics, Laser, Nanotechnology and Photonics. Nonlinear optics, Optical fiber and Laser beams are all aspects of Optics research featured in it.

  • Optics (31.09%)
  • Optoelectronics (18.71%)
  • Laser (11.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals (355 citations)
  • Applications of Slow Light in Telecommunications (194 citations)
  • The JPL MkIV interferometer (184 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Optics & Photonics News:

The most cited papers investigate studies in Optics, Optoelectronics, Laser, Nanotechnology and Laser beams. Optoelectronics research in the most cited publications connects with the study of PHOSFOS. The most cited papers deal with Nanotechnology in conjunction with Optical imaging and similar fields in Optical coherence tomography.

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 primary areas of discussion in Optics & Photonics News are Optics, Optoelectronics, Astronomy, Light beam and Photonics. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Optics, apply to Augmented reality as well. The research on Optoelectronics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Nothing, Spacetime and Nonlinear optical crystal.

While Optics & Photonics News focused on Astronomy, it was also able to explore topics like Space (mathematics), Space (commercial competition), Cripple and Humanity. The studies on Light beam discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Feature (computer vision), Vortex beam, Angular momentum, Atmospheric turbulence and Optical communication. The research on Photonics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Quantum, Qubit, Silicon carbide, Light-emitting diode and Transistor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Silicon Carbide: From Abrasives to Quantum Photonics (2 citations)
  • OAM Light for Communications (1 citations)
  • Cancer Holography for Personalized Medicine (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 & Photonics News (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tyler J. Krupa (118 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Erik Kreifeldt (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Patricia Daukantas (66 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • John N. Howard (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jennifer M. Rice (59 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 Optics & Photonics News (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Arizona (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Rochester (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bell Labs (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • IBM (27 papers) absent at the last 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Engineering with Bound States in the Continuum

    Kirill Koshelev;Andrey Bogdanov;Yuri Kivshar

    (2020)
    104 Citations
  • OAM Light for Communications

    Alan Eli Willner

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • CSOI: Beyond Silicon-on-Insulator Photonics

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Optical Fiber: Through the Looking Glass

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Fifty Years of Fiber Solitons

    (2023)
    14 Citations
  • Navigating Terahertz Spectrum via Photomixing

    Shang-Hua Yang;Mona Jarrahi

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Multiresonant Fiber Gratings

    (2022)
    14 Citations

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