Optics Letters

Top Research Topics at Optics Letters?

The journal focuses on Optics, Laser, Optoelectronics, Refractive index and Optical fiber. Nonlinear optics, Wavelength, Polarization (waves), Fiber laser and Interferometry studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Optics presented. The presentations focused mostly on Nonlinear optics in an attempt to further explore topics in Nonlinear system.

Femtosecond, Mode-locking, Semiconductor laser theory, Laser pumping and Laser power scaling are some of the facets of Laser tackled in the journal. As a part of it, discussions in Optoelectronics involve topics like Fiber Bragg grating, Grating, Diode, Tunable laser and Photonic crystal. The study on Optical fiber presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Fiber.

Photonic-crystal fiber and Plastic optical fiber are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

• Optics (98.14%)
• Laser (22.87%)
• Optoelectronics (20.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles (5103 citations)
• Breaking the diffraction resolution limit by stimulated emission: stimulated-emission-depletion fluorescence microscopy (4084 citations)
• All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding (2450 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Optics Letters:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Optics, Laser, Optoelectronics, Optical fiber and Refractive index. Nonlinear optics, Fiber laser, Wavelength, Femtosecond and Photonic-crystal fiber are some of the study areas of Optics discussed in the journal publications. Issues in Photonic-crystal fiber were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Plastic optical fiber and Graded-index fiber.

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:

Optics, Laser, Wavelength, Optoelectronics and Photonics are among the topics commonly tackled in Optics Letters. It explores issues in Optics which can be linked to other research areas like Fiber and Phase (waves). Studies on Laser discussed in it link to the field of Pulse (physics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• On-chip tunable microdisk laser fabricated on Er3+-doped lithium niobate on insulator. (28 citations)
• Multi-pass quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy-based trace gas sensing (25 citations)
• Efficient erbium-doped thin-film lithium niobate waveguide amplifiers. (22 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.

Top authors and change over time

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

• Andreas Tünnermann (181 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Martin M. Fejer (137 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lluis Torner (135 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Yaroslav V. Kartashov (130 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Alan E. Willner (127 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (1012 papers) published 71 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (724 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (666 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• Stanford University (609 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (474 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 8.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 60.62% 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.