Optical Review

Optical Review is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1994 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media in partnership with the Optical Society of Japan. The editor-in-chief is Masahiro Yamaguchi. The journal publishes research and review papers in all subdisciplines of optical science and optical engineering.

Subdisciplines include general and physical optics, spectroscopy, quantum optics, optical computing, photonics, optoelectronics, lasers, nonlinear optics, environmental optics, adaptive optics, and space optics. Optics regarding the visible spectrum, infrared, and short wavelength optics are also included. Coverage encompasses required materials as well as suitable manufacturing tools, technologies, and methodologies.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and/or indexed in: • Science Citation Index Expanded

• Current Contents/ Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences

• Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology

• Academic OneFile

• Academic Search

• Astrophysics Data System

• Chemical Abstracts Service

• Inspec

• PASCAL

• Scopus

• TOC Premier

• VINITI Database RAS According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 0.890.