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Applied Optics

ISSN 1559-128X · 2155-3165

Publisher: Optica Publishing Group

Scopus · Q2WoS · SCIE

3.4

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

58th percentile

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Status

Active

Coverage

1962–2026

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

3.4

Best quartile

Q2 · 58th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Engineering (miscellaneous)	125 / 300	58th	Q2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	444 / 1030	56th	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	127 / 243	47th	Q3

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