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Advanced Photonics

Editors in Chief: Xiao-Cong "Larry" Yuan (Shenzhen University, China) and Anatoly Zayats (King's College, London, UK)

Impact Factor: 19.5    Cite Score: 25.2

A highly selective, Gold Open Access journal, Advanced Photonics publishes innovative research in all areas of optics and photonics, including fundamental and applied research.

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Advanced Photonics Nexus

Editors in Chief: Xiao-Cong "Larry" Yuan (Shenzhen University, China), Anatoly Zayats (King's College, London, UK), and Weibiao Chen (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, China)

Impact Factor: 6.3    Cite Score: 8.6

A Gold Open Access journal, Advanced Photonics Nexus publishes high-quality original papers, letters, and review articles, reflecting important advances in fundamental and applied aspects of optics and photonics.

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Advanced Quantum Photonics

Editor in Chief: Uriel Levy (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Advanced Quantum Photonics is the first peer-reviewed journal for applied quantum research. The journal is the premier venue for engineers, industry practitioners, and cross-disciplinary researchers working on real-world quantum applications.

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Biophotonics Discovery

Editor in Chief: Darren Roblyer (Boston University, USA)

A Gold Open Access journal, Biophotonics Discovery is the premier venue to highlight the realized promise of novel and emerging biophotonics technologies and their impacts on basic and clinical science and medicine.

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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Editor in Chief: Qian "Jenny" Du (Mississippi State University, USA)

Impact Factor: 1.8    Cite Score: 3.2

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS) optimizes the communication of concepts, information, and progress within the remote sensing community.

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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

Editor in Chief: Megan Eckart (Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USA)

Impact Factor: 1.5    Cite Score: 4.4

Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) covers development, testing, and application of telescopes, instrumentation, techniques, and systems for ground- and space-based astronomy.

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Journal of Biomedical Optics

Editor in Chief: Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

Impact Factor: 3.3    Cite Score: 5.9

A Gold Open Access journal, Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO) publishes peer-reviewed papers on the use of novel optical systems and techniques for improved health care and biomedical research.

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Journal of Electronic Imaging

Editor in Chief: Zeev Zalevsky (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

Impact Factor: 1.0    Cite Score: 2.4

Copublished by IS&T and SPIE, JEI publishes papers in all technology areas that make up the field of electronic imaging and are normally considered in the design, engineering, and applications of electronic imaging systems.

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Journal of Medical Imaging

Editor in Chief: Bennett A. Landman (Vanderbilt University, USA)

Impact Factor: 2.3    Cite Score: 3.4

Journal of Medical Imaging (JMI) allows for the peer-reviewed communication and archiving of fundamental and translational research, as well as applications, focused on medical imaging.

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Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning, Materials, and Metrology

Editor in Chief: Harry Levinson (HJL Lithography, USA)

Impact Factor: 2.3    Cite Score: 4.3

 JM3 covers the core enabling technologies that address the patterning needs of the electronics industry. The journal's key subject areas include the science, development, and practice of lithographic, computational, etch, and integration technologies.

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Journal of Nanophotonics

Editor in Chief: Takashige Omatsu (Chiba University, Japan)

Impact Factor: 1.0    Cite Score: 2.2

Journal of Nanophotonics (JNP) focuses on the fabrication and application of nanostructures that facilitate the generation, propagation, manipulation, and detection of light from the infrared to the ultraviolet regimes.

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Journal of Optical Microsystems

Editor in Chief: Hans Zappe (University of Freiburg, Germany)

Impact Factor: 2.0    Cite Score: 3.8

JOM publishes cutting-edge research in all aspects of optical and photonic microsystems, from materials and fabrication of micro-optical and photonic components, through assembly and packaging, to systems and applications.

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Journal of Photonics for Energy

Editor in Chief: Sean Shaheen (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)

Impact Factor: 2.5    Cite Score: 4.5

JPE covers fundamental and applied research areas focused on the applications of photonics for renewable energy harvesting, conversion, storage, distribution, monitoring, consumption, and efficient usage.

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Neurophotonics

Editor in Chief: Anna Devor (Boston University, USA)

Impact Factor: 3.6    Cite Score: 7.2

A Gold Open Access journal, Neurophotonics covers advances in optical technology applicable to study of the brain and their impact on basic and clinical neuroscience applications.

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Optical Engineering

Editor in Chief: Adam Wax (Duke University, USA)

Impact Factor: 1.2    Cite Score: 2.6

Optical Engineering publishes peer-reviewed articles reporting on research, development, and applications of optics and photonics.

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Photonics Insights

Editors in Chief: Lei Zhou (Fudan University, China) and Din Ping Tsai (City University of Hong Kong, China)

Cite Score: 31

Photonics Insights publishes review articles in the traditional core subjects of the field, including laser optics, quantum optics, nonlinear optics, optical communication and sensing, imaging, nanophotonics, and near-field optics, as well as the intersection of optics and photonics.

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