Optical Review

*Optical Review*
Discipline	Optical science, optical engineering
Language	English
Edited by	Suezo Nakadate
Publication details
History	1994-present
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	0.702 (2012)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Opt. Rev.
Indexing
CODEN	OPREFN
ISSN	1340-6000 (print); 1349-9432 (web);
OCLC no.	53863964
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

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 Suezo Nakadate. 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:^[1]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 0.702.^[2]

^ "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
^ "Optical Review". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.