Optics Letters

Optics Letters is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Optica (formerly known as Optical Society of America). It was established in July 1977. The editor-in-chief is Miguel Alonso (University of Rochester).^[1] The journal covers all topics pertaining to optics and photonics. Publishing formats are short and rapid communications, with articles being limited to four journal pages.

Optics Letters

Discipline	Optics
Language	English
Edited by	Miguel Alonso
Publication details
History	1977–present
Publisher	Optica
Frequency	Biweekly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	3.1 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Opt. Lett.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	OPLEDP
ISSN	0146-9592 (print) 1539-4794 (web)
LCCN	77643072
OCLC no.	3058079
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archives

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Science Citation Index Expanded
• Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
• Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology
• Computer & Control Abstracts
• Electrical & Electronics Abstracts
• Physics Abstracts - Series A: Science Abstracts
• SPIN bibliographic database
• Chemical Abstracts Service
• Current Physics Index
• Energy Citations Database
• Embase
• International Aerospace Abstracts

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 3.1.^[2]