Applied Optics 141.4k citations
14.1k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies Papers in i Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies 1.6k Digital Holography and Microscopy 897 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Applied Optics
Comparison fields: 5 of 224 Acoustics and Ultrasonics 3.1k Media Technology 16.7k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 50.4k Instrumentation 4.4k Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 23.5k Electrical and Electronic Engineering 58.2k Surfaces, Coatings and Films 6.3k Biomedical Engineering 38.2k Biophysics 4.7k Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 10.6k Computational Mechanics 11.9k Aerospace Engineering 10.2k Radiation 3.2k Analytical Chemistry 3.7k Spectroscopy 5.3k Human-Computer Interaction 1.8k Mechanics of Materials 6.6k Structural Biology 378 Bioengineering 1.5k Global and Planetary Change 5.4k Mechanical Engineering 8.6k Atmospheric Science 4.1k Geology 1.3k Oceanography 2.8k Ophthalmology 1.7k Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 733 Ceramics and Composites 1.0k Ocean Engineering 2.6k Environmental Engineering 2.3k Materials Chemistry 7.2k Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3.1k Civil and Structural Engineering 3.1k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.1k Astronomy and Astrophysics 2.0k Artificial Intelligence 3.9k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.1k Condensed Matter Physics 1.0k Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.1k Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 526 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1.0k Archeology 859 Polymers and Plastics 1.1k Ecology 1.8k Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 891 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1.1k Signal Processing 733 Water Science and Technology 762 Automotive Engineering 610 Pollution 575 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 352 Cognitive Neuroscience 806 Applied Mathematics 433 Geophysics 534 Earth-Surface Processes 239 Building and Construction 460 Molecular Biology 2.2k Control and Systems Engineering 767 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 283 Plant Science 1.2k Reproductive Medicine 240 Ecological Modeling 133 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 524 Conservation 100 Computer Networks and Communications 658 Geochemistry and Petrology 159 Nuclear Energy and 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Acoustics and Ultrasonics 3.1k Media Technology 16.7k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 50.4k Instrumentation 4.4k Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 23.5k Optical Engineering United States
Optics & Laser Technology China
Optics and Lasers in Engineering China
Journal of Modern Optics China
Light Science & Applications China
Measurement Science and Technology China
Journal of the Optical Society of America A United States
Electronics Letters United Kingdom
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About Applied Optics The 14.1k papers published in Applied Optics in the last decades have received a total of 141.4k indexed citations . Papers published in Applied Optics usually cover Acoustics and Ultrasonics (275 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (5.6k papers), Media Technology (1.6k papers), Instrumentation (542 papers) and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (934 papers) specifically the topics of Photonic and Optical Devices (2.4k papers), Optical measurement and interference techniques (1.7k papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (1.6k papers), Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (1.4k papers), Digital Holography and Microscopy (897 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (889 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (874 papers) and Advanced optical system design (768 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Applied Optics are Naveen K. Nishchal , Sudheesh K. Rajput , James R. Fienup , Muhammad Rafiq Abuturab , J. H. Weaver , Shaista Babar , Song Zhang , Adrian Stern , Bahram Javidi and Zhigang Zang .
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