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Editors in Chief: Xiao-Cong (Larry) Yuan, Shenzhen University and Zhejiang Lab, China; and Anatoly Zayats, King's College, London, United KingdomImpact Factor: 17.3Cite Score: 22.8About: A highly selective, Gold Open Access journal publishing innovative research in all areas of optics and photonics, including fundamental and applied research.
Editors in Chief: Xiao-Cong (Larry) Yuan, Shenzhen University and Zhejiang Lab, China; and Anatoly Zayats, King's College, London, United Kingdom; and Weibiao Chen, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, ChinaAbout: A Gold Open Access journal that publishes high-quality original papers, letters, and review articles, reflecting important advances in fundamental and applied aspects of optics and photonics.
Editor in Chief: Darren Roblyer, Boston University, USAAbout: This Gold Open Access journal will be the premier venue to highlight the realized promise of novel and emerging biophotonics technologies and their impacts on basic and clinical science and medicine.
Editor in Chief: Qian (Jenny) Du, Mississippi State University, USAImpact Factor: 1.7Cite Score: 3.4About: An online journal that optimizes the communication of concepts, information, and progress within the remote sensing community.
Editor in Chief: Megan Eckart, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USAImpact Factor: 2.3Cite Score: 4.1About: Covers development, testing, and application of telescopes, instrumentation, techniques, and systems for ground- and space-based astronomy.
Editor in Chief: Brian W. Pogue, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USAImpact Factor: 3.5Cite Score: 7.1About: A Gold Open Access journal that publishes peer-reviewed papers on the use of novel optical systems and techniques for improved health care and biomedical research.
Editor in Chief: Zeev Zalevsky, Bar-Ilan University, IsraelImpact Factor: 1.1Cite Score: 1.7About: Copublished by IS&T and SPIE, 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.
Editor in Chief: Bennett A. Landman, Vanderbilt University, USAImpact Factor: 2.4Cite Score: 5.7About: Allows for the peer-reviewed communication and archiving of fundamental and translational research, as well as applications, focused on medical imaging
Editor in Chief: Harry Levinson, HJL Lithography, USAImpact Factor: 2.3Cite Score: 2.9About: 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.
Editor in Chief: Ali Adibi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USAImpact Factor: 1.5Cite Score: 2.7About: Online journal focusing on the fabrication and application of nanostructures that facilitate the generation, propagation, manipulation, and detection of light from the infrared to the ultraviolet regimes.
Editor in Chief: Hans Zappe, University of Freiburg, GermanyImpact Factor: 1.6About: Gold Open Access journal that 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.
Editor in Chief: Sean Shaheen, University of Colorado Boulder, USAImpact Factor: 1.7Cite Score: 4.3About: Covers fundamental and applied research areas focused on the applications of photonics for renewable energy harvesting, conversion, storage, distribution, monitoring, consumption, and efficient usage.
Editor in Chief: Anna Devor, Boston University, USAImpact Factor: 5.3Cite Score: 8.3About: Gold Open Access journal covering advances in optical technology applicable to study of the brain and their impact on basic and clinical neuroscience applications.
Editor in Chief: Adam Wax, Duke University, USAImpact Factor: 1.3Cite Score: 2.8About: Publishes peer-reviewed articles reporting on research, development, and applications of optics and photonics.
Co-Editors in Chief: Lei Zhou, Fudan University, China; and Din Ping Tsai, City University of Hong Kong, ChinaAbout: Diamond Open Access, co-published by Chinese Laser Press (CLP) and SPIE. It covers the traditional core subjects of the field, such as 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.
