About the journal
Journal of the Optical Society of America A is a journal published by Optica Publishing Group in United States. It is listed in MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- ISSN
- 1084-7529 · 1520-8532
- Country
- United States
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Official website
- https://www.osapublishing.org/josa
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1993-01-01
- PUBMED · 2010-02-01
- Indexing
- MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
17845
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
242
i10-index
7427
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Editorial & policy5
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- Portico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 99%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 86%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- Optics, image science, and visionJOSA AJournal of the Optical Society of America.
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 9800943
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Subject areas
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Optical Coatings and Gratings
- Optical Coatings and Gratings
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
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- Optical measurement and interference techniques
- Optical measurement and interference techniques
- Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Color Science and Applications
- Color Science and Applications
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Advanced optical system design
- Advanced optical system design
- Digital Holography and Microscopy
- Digital Holography and Microscopy
- Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
- Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
- Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements
- Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis
- Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Random lasers and scattering media
- Random lasers and scattering media
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
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