{{For|other journals with similar names|Journal of Optics (disambiguation){{!}}Journal of Optics}} {{Infobox journal | title = Journal of Optics | formernames = Revue Générale d'Optique et de Méchanique de Précision, Revue d'Optique, Nouvelle Revue d'Optique Appliquée | cover = | editor = Andrew Forbes | discipline = Optics, photonics | abbreviation = J. Opt. | publisher = IOP Publishing | country = | frequency = Monthly | history = 1912-present | openaccess = | impact = 2.7 | impact-year = 2024 | website = http://iopscience.iop.org/2040-8986/ | link1 = http://iopscience.iop.org/1464-4258 | link1-name = Journal of Optics A | link2 = http://iopscience.iop.org/1464-4266 | link2-name = Journal of Optics B | link3 = | link3-name = | JSTOR = | OCLC = 506264207 | LCCN = 2010238158 | CODEN = | ISSN = 2040-8978 | eISSN = 2040-8986 }} The '''''Journal of Optics''''' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of modern and classical optics, experimental and theoretical studies, applications and instrumentation. It is the official journal of the European Optical Society and is published by IOP Publishing. The editor-in-chief is Andrew Forbes (University of the Witwatersrand). According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.7.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2025 |chapter=Journal of Optics |title=2024 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>
==History== The journal was established in 1912 as the ''Revue Générale d'Optique et de Mécanique de Précision''. Publication was suspended during the First World War and only resumed in 1921, when the name was shortened to ''Revue d'Optique''. Due to the Second World War, publication was again suspended in 1944, but resumed in 1947. After another suspension in 1968, the journal re-appeared in 1970 as the ''Nouvelle Revue d'Optique Appliquée''. In 1977 it was renamed ''Journal of Optics''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Howard |first=J. N. |year=2005 |title=The History of a Journal: How the ''Revue d'Optique'' Became the ''Journal of Optics'' |url=http://www.osa-opn.org/Content/ViewFile.aspx?id=7032 |journal=Optics & Photonics News |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=12–13 |bibcode= 2005OptPN..16...12H|doi= 10.1364/OPN.16.12.000012|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In 1998 it merged with the European Optical Society's ''Pure and Applied Optics'' and was renamed ''Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics''. As part of the merger, the other publication of the European Optical Society, ''Quantum and Semiclassical Optics'', was renamed ''Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics''.
In 2006, ''Journal of Optics B'' was merged into ''Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics''. ''Journal of Optics A'' was renamed ''Journal of Optics'' in January 2010,<ref> {{cite journal |last=Zheludev |first=N. I. |year=2010 |title=Changes to the journal |journal=Journal of Optics |volume=12 |issue=1 |article-number=010201 |bibcode = 2010JOpt...12a0201Z |doi=10.1088/2040-8986/12/1/010201 |s2cid=250810029 }} (editorial)</ref> as it is now the only journal continuing the ''Journal of Optics'' series.
==Abstracting and indexing== The journal is abstracted and indexed in: {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * Environmental Engineering Abstracts * Bioengineering Abstracts * Inspec * Chemical Abstracts * Engineering Index/Compendex * Science Citation Index * Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences * Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology * PASCAL Database * Aerospace Database }}
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==External links== * [http://iopscience.org/jopt ''Journal of Optics'' website] :* [http://iopscience.iop.org/1464-4258/ ''Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics'' website] :* [http://iopscience.iop.org/1464-4266/ ''Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics'' website] * [http://www.myeos.org/ European Optical Society]
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