Applied Optics 139.2k citations
14.1k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies Papers in i Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies 874 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Applied Optics
Comparison fields: 5 of 222 Acoustics and Ultrasonics 3.1k Media Technology 16.4k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 49.7k Instrumentation 4.4k Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 23.1k Electrical and Electronic Engineering 57.5k Surfaces, Coatings and Films 6.2k Biomedical Engineering 37.5k Biophysics 4.6k Computational Mechanics 11.7k Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 10.5k Aerospace Engineering 10.1k Radiation 3.2k Analytical Chemistry 3.5k Human-Computer Interaction 1.7k Spectroscopy 5.2k Mechanics of Materials 6.5k Structural Biology 367 Bioengineering 1.4k Global and Planetary Change 5.3k Geology 1.3k Mechanical Engineering 8.5k Atmospheric Science 4.0k Oceanography 2.7k Ophthalmology 1.7k Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 712 Ceramics and Composites 1.0k Ocean Engineering 2.6k Environmental Engineering 2.3k Materials Chemistry 7.0k Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3.0k Civil and Structural Engineering 3.1k Astronomy and Astrophysics 2.0k 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Acoustics and Ultrasonics 3.1k Media Technology 16.4k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 49.7k Instrumentation 4.4k Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 23.1k Optical Engineering United States
Optics & Laser Technology China
Optics and Lasers in Engineering China
Light Science & Applications China
Journal of Modern Optics China
Journal of the Optical Society of America A United States
Measurement Science and Technology China
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 139.2k indexed citations . Papers published in Applied Optics usually cover Acoustics and Ultrasonics (275 papers), Media Technology (1.6k papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (5.6k papers), Instrumentation (542 papers) and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (933 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 (895 papers), Optical Coatings and Gratings (888 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 , Shaista Babar , J. H. Weaver , Song Zhang , Adrian Stern , Bahram Javidi and Zhigang Zang .
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