Optics Communications is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 rapid-publication scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 published by Elsevier

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. It reports on all fields of optical science and technology. Articles are available since year 1969. According to the Library of Congress, and CASSI

Cassi

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: Vol.1 No. 1 of this journal was issued in April 1969.

Scope

The journal covers the following subjects:

• Physical optics
• Optical information and image processing
• Guided wave optics
• Atomic and molecular physics
• Optical properties of condensed and soft matter
• Quantum optics
• Lasers and Laser Applications
• Nonlinear optics
• Nano and Micro optics
• Matter waves
• Quantum information
• Bio and medical optics

Abstracting and indexing

According to the 2009 Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has an impact factor

Impact factor

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 of 1.316. In addition, it is indexed in the following databases:

• Chemical Abstracts
• Current Contents
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  /Engineering, Computing & Technology
• Current Contents/Physics, Chemical, & Earth Sciences
• EI Compendex
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• Engineering Index
• INSPEC
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• Scopus
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