{{Infobox journal | title = Journal of Biomedical Optics | image = Jnl Bio med Optics.jpeg | image_size = | alt = Cover for September issue of this journal | caption = Cover for September issue of this journal | former_name = <!-- or |former_names= --> | abbreviation = J. Biomed. Opt. | bluebook = <!-- For law journals only --> | mathscinet = <!-- For the MathSciNet abbreviation IF different from ISO 4 abbreviation--> | nlm = <!-- For the NLM abbreviation IF different from ISO 4 abbreviation--> | discipline = Biomedical optics | peer-reviewed = | language = English | editor = Muyinatu Bell | publisher = SPIE | country = | history = 1996–present | frequency = Monthly | openaccess = yes | license = CC-BY 4.0 | impact = 2.9 | impact-year = 2024 | ISSNlabel = | ISSN = 1083-3668 | eISSN = 1560-2281 | CODEN = JBOPFO | JSTOR = | LCCN = 96656614 | OCLC = 32795913 | website = https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-biomedical-optics | link1 = https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-biomedical-optics/current | link1-name = Online access | link2 = https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-biomedical-optics/issues | link2-name = Online archive }} The '''''Journal of Biomedical Optics''''' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by SPIE. It covers the application of optical technology to health care, biomedical research, and experimental medicine. The editor-in-chief is Muyinatu Bell (Johns Hopkins University).
==Abstracting and indexing== This journal is abstracted and indexed in: {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * Science Citation Index * Current Contents/ Life Sciences * Current Contents/ Engineering, Computing & Technology * Chemical Abstracts Service * Inspec * Scopus * EI/Compendex * Astrophysics Data System * MEDLINE/PubMed * BIOSIS Previews }} According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal had a 2014 impact factor of 2.859, ranking it 12th out of 86 journals in the category "Optics",<ref name=WoS1>{{cite book |year=2015 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Optics |title=2014 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science }}</ref> 31st out of 79 journals in the category "Biochemical Research Methods",<ref name=WoS2>{{cite book |year=2015 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Biochemical Research Methods |title=2014 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science }}</ref> and 31st out of 125 journals in the category "Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging".<ref name=WoS3>{{cite book |year=2015 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |title=2014 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://spie.org/publications/journals/journal-of-biomedical-optics}}
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