About the journal
Optics Express is an open-access journal published by Optica Publishing Group in United States, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ and MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 2,440 USD. Declared review time at DOAJ: 9 weeks. 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
- 1094-4087
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 2,440 USD
- Articles in DOAJ
- 0
- Declared review time
- 9 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://opg.optica.org/oe/home.cfm
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2018-03-13
- MEDLINE · 2008-01-01
- PUBMED · 1997-07-07
- Indexing
- DOAJ · MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 2,440 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 9 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
0
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
9weeks
Works in OpenAlex
67464
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
341
i10-index
43506
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy12
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2025-10-15
- Added to DOAJ
- 2018-03-13
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- Portico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2027
- Level 2 — top tier (~20% of the field's channels)
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 99%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 87%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- Opt Express
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 101137103
Classification4
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Optical Network Technologies
- Optical Network Technologies
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
Show all subjects (50)
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
- Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Optical Coatings and Gratings
- Optical Coatings and Gratings
- Solid State Laser Technologies
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
- Solid State Laser Technologies
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Digital Holography and Microscopy
- Digital Holography and Microscopy
- Optical measurement and interference techniques
- Optical measurement and interference techniques
- Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
- Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
Keywords (DOAJ)
- optics
- photonics
- lasers
- green technology
- energy
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