Journal of the Optical Society of America

1.2(top 20%)

impact factor

12.3K(top 2%)

papers

382.9K(top 1%)

citations

224(top 1%)

h-index

1.3(top 20%)

impact factor

16.1K

all documents

392.2K

doc citations

397(top 1%)

g-index

Top Schools (by citations)

#	School	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	School of Electrical Engineering	15	4,051	8	1
2	Department of Electrical Engineering	17	2,957	65	33
3	Department of Physics	21	1,831	24	25
4	Department of Physics and Astronomy	22	1,778	32	20
5	Geophysics Research Directorate	24	1,684	2	1
6	Department of Electrical Engineering	10	1,677	17	2
7	Department of Applied Mathematics	32	1,620	1	2
8	Department of Psychology	8	1,414	294	141
9	Department of Psychology	3	1,335	191	41
10	Department of Physics	24	1,326	24	29
11	Department of Chemistry	14	1,281	236	146
12	Department of Physics	16	1,266	25	13
13	Department of Psychology	5	1,165	57	17
14	Department of Psychology	8	1,146	18	8
15	Department of Physics	5	1,001	6	2
16	Department of Electrical Engineering	18	881	30	34
17	Department of Psychology	7	810	84	65
18	Department of Applied Physics	19	759	22	14
19	Department of Psychology	4	691	93	61
20	Department of Physics	15	677	67	62
21	Department of Physics	20	665	45	48
22	Department of Physics	25	628	19	29
23	Faculty of Engineering	17	615	96	63
24	Department of Physics	8	567	88	53
25	Institute of Theoretical Physics	1	560	111	19
26	Department of Physics	21	509	6	8
27	Department of Electrical Engineering	8	498	54	40
27	Department of Chemistry	4	498	35	34
29	Department of Physics	31	491	29	58
30	Electronics Sciences Laboratory	1	475	5	1
31	Department of Chemistry	5	400	180	149
32	Department of Applied Physics	13	386	67	54
33	Department of Mathematics	3	384	10	3
34	Department of Physics	21	382	118	189
34	Department of Physics	12	382	36	38
36	Department of Psychology	4	381	158	93
37	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	6	380	40	37
38	Department of Zoology	1	368	647	220
39	Institute for Molecular Physics	9	367	4	5
40	Department of Physics	12	356	47	73
41	Department of Electrical Engineering	5	349	20	11
41	Department of Physics	5	349	79	48
43	Faculty of Engineering	11	312	128	109
44	Department of Theoretical Physics	24	309	1	2
45	Department of Psychology	12	302	31	85
46	Department of Psychology	3	294	171	116
47	Department of Electrical Engineering	12	279	5	8
48	Department of Physics	13	272	34	55
48	Department of Physics	15	272	64	82
50	Department of Human Anatomy	1	266	92	28
50	Department of Physics and Astronomy	6	266	13	9
52	Department of Electrical Engineering	6	263	85	97
53	Department of Physics	1	258	33	5
54	Department of Physics	9	256	42	48
55	Department of Physics	8	251	25	28
56	Department of Electrical Engineering	7	249	10	9
56	Department of Physics	12	249	30	50
58	Radar and Optics Division	4	241	1	1
59	Department of Physics	5	224	47	34
60	Department of Physics	6	209	29	36
61	Stanford Electronics Laboratories	5	196	21	23
61	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences	8	196	74	166
63	Department of Electrical Engineering	10	195	7	8
64	School of Medicine	3	190	460	389
65	Department of Psychology	5	189	48	66
66	Department of Physiology	1	185	173	86
67	Department of Physics	11	182	67	145
68	Department of Electrical Engineering	7	178	58	95
69	Department of Physics	12	177	85	162
70	Department of Physics	20	175	90	124
71	Department of Radiology	3	166	29	32
71	Department of Chemistry	7	166	27	33
71	Department of Physics and Astronomy	6	166	47	48
74	Department of Physics and Astronomy	6	164	36	42
75	Electrophysics and Electronic Engineering Division	1	163	5	1
76	Department of Psychology	5	153	113	174
77	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	3	151	52	41
78	Department of Mechanical Engineering	5	149	28	21
79	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	147	20	3
80	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	2	145	286	267
81	Chemistry Division	10	144	48	96
82	Department of Engineering Science	6	143	278	384
82	Department of Physics	10	143	74	121
82	Department of Biochemistry	1	143	48	18
85	Department of Ophthalmology	1	142	126	54
85	Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering	4	142	6	5
85	Department of Psychology	1	142	191	115
88	Department of Physics	9	140	34	48
89	Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics	5	139	15	20
90	Physics Division	5	138	4	3
91	Department of Physics and Astronomy	9	135	24	27
92	Department of Physics	1	134	210	70
92	School of Physics	7	134	134	195
94	Department of Applied Physics and Information Science	8	133	5	7
95	Department of Physics	4	130	24	20
96	Department of Psychology	8	129	9	25
97	Department of Psychology	7	123	23	84
97	Department of Mechanical Engineering	5	123	125	189
99	Department of Psychology	6	122	91	186
100	Department of Psychobiology	1	120	87	65
100	Department of Psychology	1	120	135	103
102	Electronics Research Center	3	117	7	7
103	Department of Physics	10	116	34	102
103	School of Medicine	1	116	1.2K	508
105	Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences	1	114	91	60
106	Faculty of Engineering	10	111	168	233
107	Department of Chemistry	2	110	351	280
108	Department of Biophysics and Theoretical Biology	3	109	16	21
108	Department of Polymer Chemistry	1	109	218	120
110	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	2	105	44	41
111	Institute of Upper Atmospheric Physics	1	104	4	2
112	Department of Electrical Engineering	4	101	134	200
113	Faculty of Engineering	4	100	122	94
114	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1	99	23	18
115	Department of Mechanical Engineering	1	98	21	3
116	Department of Physics	13	96	38	76
116	Department of Physics	3	96	192	140
118	Department of Psychology	2	95	51	70
118	Department of Electrical Engineering	4	95	14	5
120	Department of Electrical Engineering	3	93	18	6
121	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	2	91	32	16
122	Department of Pure and Applied Sciences	1	90	112	57
123	Department of Electrical Engineering	3	86	41	40
124	Department of Electrical Engineering	2	85	18	8
125	Department of Physics	1	84	278	135
125	Department of Chemistry	1	84	1	1
127	Department of Electrical Engineering	3	82	177	214
127	Department of Electrical Engineering	2	82	50	47
127	Department of Electrical Engineering	5	82	23	26
130	Department of Electrical Engineering	4	81	17	39
130	Department of Physics and Astronomy	5	81	65	84
132	Department of Research in Chemical Physics	2	80	3	3
133	Department of Electrical Engineering	3	77	35	41
134	Institute of Ophthalmology	4	75	10	29
134	Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering	3	75	17	22
134	Physics Department	3	75	6	7
137	Department of Physics	4	73	23	25
138	Department of Physics	3	72	39	41
139	Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry	3	71	45	66
140	Department of Chemical Engineering	3	70	218	335
140	Department of Electrical Engineering	2	70	13	17
140	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	9	70	67	202
143	Department of Experimental Psychology	1	69	204	210
143	Department of Chemistry	3	69	35	45
143	Department of Physics	1	69	226	126
146	Department of Experimental Psychology	1	66	459	403
146	Department of Physics	6	66	65	127
148	Department of Electrical Engineering	7	65	32	85
148	Department of Chemistry	1	65	288	225
150	Department of Electrical Engineering	4	64	12	22
151	Department of Psychology	5	62	21	85
152	The Institute of Optics	5	60	37	80
153	Department of Chemistry	2	59	119	131
153	Department of Physics	4	59	26	39
155	Department of Psychology	3	58	207	363
155	Department of Electrical Engineering	4	58	90	131
155	Chemistry Division	4	58	53	123
155	Department of Terrestrial Magnetism	6	58	45	82
159	Department of Electrical Engineering	7	57	6	17
159	Faculty of Engineering	4	57	161	204
159	Department of Psychology	2	57	167	230
159	Division of Physics	7	57	21	46
163	Department of Physics	3	56	115	169
163	Department of Physics	1	56	95	53
163	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1	56	1	5
166	Department of Physics and Astronomy	2	55	139	145
167	Department of Physics and Astronomy	2	54	13	17
168	Department of Ophthalmology	1	53	56	45
168	Department of Psychology	1	53	323	289
168	Physics Department	6	53	9	16
168	Department of Ophthalmology	1	53	25	11
168	Department of Ophthalmology	1	53	133	110
168	Department of Ophthalmology	1	53	23	13
168	Department of Ophthalmology	1	53	121	102
168	Department of Psychology	1	53	7	11
176	Department of Mathematics	1	51	187	97
177	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	2	50	13	16
177	School of Medicine	1	50	2.2K	1.7K
177	Department of Physics	1	50	3	1
180	Department of Physics	2	49	33	36
181	School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering	1	48	124	87
181	Department of Chemistry	2	48	208	251
181	Department of Physics	7	48	31	79
184	Department of Physics	4	47	28	56
185	Department of Applied Physics	1	46	57	30
185	Department of Physics	3	46	8	19
187	Department of Psychology	2	45	10	31
188	Division of Engineering and Applied Physics	2	44	46	75
188	Department of Physics	1	44	215	176
188	Department of Physics and Astronomy	2	44	6	11
191	Department of Mechanical Engineering	1	43	508	452
191	Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science	3	43	22	29
193	Department of Biology	2	42	244	421
193	Department of Human Genetics	1	42	46	47
193	School of Electrical Engineering	4	42	66	109
196	Department of Physics	4	41	108	219
196	Department of Chemistry	4	41	127	273
196	Department of Psychology	5	41	16	47
196	Faculty of Literature	5	41	1	2
200	Center for Radiophysics and Space Research	1	39	48	45
200	Department of Mathematics	1	39	183	137
200	Department of Mathematics	1	39	308	216
203	Program in Applied Mathematics	1	38	42	48
203	Department of Physics	1	38	7	8
203	Department of Electrical Engineering	2	38	21	39
203	Department of Electrical Engineering	2	38	11	6
207	Atomic Physics Division	2	37	16	26
207	Department of Electronics	1	37	79	36
207	Department of Physics	3	37	31	43
210	Department of Mathematics	1	36	17	6
210	Department of Physics	1	36	40	30
212	Department of Physiology	1	35	13	20
213	Department of Electrical Engineering	3	34	68	144
213	Department of Physics	2	34	170	154
213	Department of Physics	3	34	64	118
216	Department of Electrical Engineering	4	32	45	77
216	Department of Physics	2	32	62	68
216	Department of Chemistry and Institute of Colloid and Surface Science	3	32	4	9
216	Department of Electronic Engineering	2	32	5	2
220	School of Physics	1	31	217	152
221	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	30	18	16
221	Department of Pure and Applied Physics	3	30	26	34
221	Department of Applied Physics	2	30	5	2
224	Department of Psychology	1	29	45	65
224	Department of Mechanical Engineering	3	29	94	195
226	Institute for Applied Experimental Psychology	7	28	1	4
226	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	28	49	62
228	Department of Physics	1	27	80	97
228	Faculty of Engineering	3	27	170	222
228	Department of Physics	3	27	9	19
228	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	27	14	16
232	Division of Biology	2	26	268	534
232	Department of Physics	3	26	35	80
232	Department of Electrical Engineering	4	26	39	79
232	Department of Physics	2	26	71	102
236	Department of Physics	1	25	67	63
236	Department of Physics and Astronomy	1	25	139	136
236	Department of Physics	3	25	54	96
236	Physics Department	1	25	5	3
240	Department of Physics	3	24	165	275
240	School of Physics	4	24	123	266
240	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	24	30	25
240	Department of Physics and Astronomy	1	24	51	60
244	Department of Psychology	1	23	450	567
244	Department of Ophthalmology	2	23	8	18
244	Department of Medical Physics	1	23	25	25
244	Department of Physics	4	23	53	144
248	Department of Physics and Astronomy	2	22	48	57
248	Institute of Molecular Biophysics	1	22	125	162
248	Department of Radiology	3	22	16	86
251	Department of Psychology	1	21	175	226
251	Institute of Atmospheric Physics	2	21	23	41
253	Institute for Solid State Physics	1	20	325	291
253	School of Applied and Engineering Physics	2	20	115	250
253	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	20	5	2
253	Department of Electrical Engineering	2	20	6	18
257	College of Medicine	1	19	752	958
257	Department of Theoretical Physics	2	19	5	13
257	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	19	3	5
260	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	18	78	94
260	Department of Applied Physics	3	18	29	43
260	Division of Applied Physics	2	18	4	4
263	Department of Chemistry	1	17	248	341
263	Department of Physics	3	17	64	155
263	College of General Education	1	17	131	119
263	School of Physics	3	17	151	315
263	Department of Plant Biology	1	17	78	139
263	Department of Psychology	1	17	3	7
263	Department of Applied Physics	2	17	82	116
263	Department of Psychology	1	17	103	159
263	Institute of Physics	1	17	174	180
263	Department of Mathematics	1	17	9	5
273	Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics	2	16	121	234
273	Department of Physics and Astronomy	1	16	169	184
273	Department of Psychology	1	16	57	112
273	Department of Geophysics and Astronomy	1	16	24	32
273	Chemistry Division	1	16	21	25
273	Department of Physics	1	16	77	99
273	Department of Chemistry	2	16	148	345
273	Department of Physics	1	16	31	27
273	Department of Natural Philosophy	1	16	12	8
282	School of Medicine	1	15	1.4K	1.8K
282	Department of Physics	1	15	179	202
282	Department of Electronic Engineering	1	15	6	3
282	Department of Physics	3	15	33	61
282	Department of Natural Philosophy	2	15	3	4
282	Department of Mathematics and Physics	1	15	20	15
288	Department of Biological and Medical Physics	3	14	3	6
288	Department of Psychology	1	14	227	319
288	Department of Chemistry	1	14	323	431
291	Department of Physics	1	13	18	22
291	Department of Chemistry	3	13	178	430
291	Department of Psychology	2	13	216	495
291	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	1	13	57	66
291	Department of Physics	1	13	18	24
291	Department of Physics	3	13	5	12
291	Materials Science Division	1	13	54	66
291	Department of Physics	1	13	3	5
299	Department of Physics	2	12	94	177
299	Faculty of Engineering Science	2	12	269	384
299	Department of Physics and Astronomy	1	12	80	86
299	Faculty of Engineering	1	12	291	299
299	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	12	26	23
299	Division of Chemical Physics	1	12	35	40
305	Department of Psychology	1	11	249	396
305	Research Laboratory of Physical Chemistry	2	11	5	6
305	Department of Mathematics	1	11	92	91
305	Department of Mathematical Physics	1	11	6	7
305	Department of Electrical Engineering	3	11	32	90
310	Department of Physics	1	10	147	205
310	Department of Mechanical Engineering	1	10	384	562
310	School of Medicine and Dentistry	2	10	1.0K	2.0K
310	Department of Applied Physics	1	10	50	94
310	Department of Applied Mathematics	1	10	18	33
310	Electrical Engineering Department	3	10	25	73
310	Physics Division	3	10	34	94
310	Biology Division	1	10	169	238
310	Department of Physics and Astronomy	2	10	11	32
310	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	10	9	10
310	Department of Psychology	1	10	295	468
310	Department of Physics	2	10	29	61
310	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2	10	2	2
323	Department of Chemistry	4	9	147	448
323	Thayer School of Engineering	1	9	377	623
323	School of Science and Engineering	4	9	152	474
323	Department of Physics	1	9	201	249
323	Department of Physics	1	9	38	47
323	Department of Mechanical Engineering	1	9	256	442
323	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	9	28	27
330	Department of Anatomy	1	8	42	70
330	Department of Mathematics	1	8	119	159
330	Moore School of Electrical Engineering	4	8	28	77
330	Department of Radiology	1	8	141	293
330	Department of Physics	1	8	73	121
330	Department of Mechanical Engineering	1	8	24	46
330	Department of Physics	1	8	63	104
330	Department of Physics	2	8	161	333
330	Department of Psychology	1	8	10	12
330	Faculty of Engineering	2	8	169	353
330	Department of Psychology	1	8	117	212
330	Department of Psychology	1	8	7	12
330	Department of Physics	5	8	19	72
343	Department of Physics	1	7	92	125
343	Department of Physics	1	7	284	340
343	Department of Chemistry	1	7	233	352
343	Department of Surgery	1	7	81	142
343	Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics	1	7	20	24
343	Department of Physiology	1	7	7	13
343	Department of Chemistry	1	7	76	154
343	Physics Department	1	7	27	37
343	Department of Physics and Astronomy	1	7	61	86
343	Department of Chemistry	1	7	97	166
343	Department of Chemistry	4	7	125	462
343	Department of Physics	1	7	37	58
355	Department of Chemistry	3	6	204	607
355	Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics Research Center	2	6	4	12
355	Department of Surgery	1	6	100	199
355	Department of Chemistry	1	6	61	96
355	Department of Physics	1	6	22	46
355	Department of Physics	1	6	83	109
361	Department of Physics	1	5	16	36
361	Physics Department	1	5	36	68
361	Department of Physiology	1	5	379	660
361	Department of Physics	1	5	163	280
361	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	5	38	64
361	Institute of Physics	2	5	249	469
361	Department of Physics and Astrophysics	1	5	303	384
361	Department of Chemistry	2	5	10	49
361	Department of Chemistry	1	5	248	447
361	Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics	1	5	3	3
361	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	5	54	102
361	Department of Physics	1	5	1	7
373	Department of Physiology	1	4	59	124
373	Department of Physics	7	4	33	172
373	Department of Medical Biophysics	1	4	427	774
373	Department of Psychology	1	4	238	448
373	College of Medicine	1	4	1.3K	2.0K
373	Department of Psychology	1	4	63	146
373	Department of Physics	3	4	140	393
373	Department of Instrumentation Engineering	1	4	8	16
373	Faculty of Engineering	1	4	250	358
373	Department of Physics and Astronomy	1	4	228	316
373	Department of Physics	1	4	92	152
373	Department of Physics	1	4	139	197
373	Department of Medical Biophysics	1	4	122	267
373	Division of Chemistry	1	4	137	203
373	Department of Chemistry	1	4	190	351
388	Physics Department	2	3	3	12
388	Department of Psychology	1	3	268	538
388	Department of Physics	2	3	141	314
388	Department of Chemistry	1	3	540	899
388	Department of Chemistry	1	3	417	710
388	Department of Chemistry	2	3	308	726
388	Department of Mechanical Engineering	2	3	381	820
388	Department of Physics	2	3	61	157
388	Department of Chemistry	1	3	435	711
388	School of Oceanography	1	3	56	94
388	Department of Psychology	1	3	251	450
388	Faculty of Engineering	1	3	333	469
388	Department of Physics	1	3	107	184
388	Department of Psychology	1	3	286	515
388	School of Medicine	2	3	111	508
388	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	1	3	92	166
388	Department of Physics	1	3	86	145
388	Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences	1	3	1	2
388	Department of Physics	1	3	3	8
388	Department of Physics	1	3	3	4
388	Department of Physics	1	3	266	390
409	Department of Chemistry	1	2	279	485
409	Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	1	2	227	392
409	School of Hygiene and Public Health	1	2	477	873
409	Department of Pathology	2	2	177	622
409	School of Electrical Engineering	1	2	29	49
409	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	2	59	130
409	Department of Ophthalmology	1	2	2	3
409	Department of Physics	1	2	12	27
409	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	2	4	8
409	Department of Chemistry	1	2	295	491
409	Department of Physics	1	2	44	83
409	Department of Ocean Engineering	1	2	43	89
409	Department of Mathematics	1	2	56	126
409	Department of Applied Physics and Information Science	1	2	7	13
409	Physics Department	1	2	1	1
424	Department of Chemistry	1	1	103	191
424	Department of Chemistry	1	1	258	504
424	Medical Center	1	1	1.8K	2.8K
424	Department of Biology	1	1	196	384
424	Department of Physics	1	1	36	71
424	School of Mechanical Engineering	1	1	513	880
424	Department of Psychology	1	1	426	787
424	Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics	1	1	99	183
424	Department of Physiology	1	1	94	217
424	Department of Zoölogy	1	1	2	3
424	Department of Psychology	1	1	182	385
424	Department of Chemical Engineering	1	1	16	50
424	Department of Electrical Engineering	1	1	248	476
424	Department of Astronomy	1	1	20	27
424	Department of Mechanical Engineering	1	1	220	381
424	Department of Physics	1	1	26	52
424	School of Medicine	1	1	672	1.4K
424	Department of Physics	3	1	133	410
424	Department of Applied Physics	1	1	69	127
424	Department of Psychology	1	1	35	95
424	Physics Department	1	1	47	64
424	Department of Physics	1	1	8	14
424	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	1	1	2	6
447	Department of Chemical Engineering	1	0	487	892
447	Department of Mathematics	1	0	303	546
447	Department of Psychology	1	0	198	440
447	Department of Chemistry	2	0	167	420
447	Department of Physics	1	0	189	362
447	Department of Chemistry	1	0	191	348
447	Department of Mechanical Engineering	1	0	617	1.1K
447	Department of Chemistry	1	0	424	730
447	Department of Psychology	1	0	192	421
447	Chemistry Department	1	0	191	352
447	Department of Physics	1	0	369	595
447	Department of Chemical Engineering	1	0	143	264
447	Department of Ophthalmology	1	0	58	167
447	Department of Physics	1	0	36	83
447	Department of Psychology	1	0	55	125
447	Department of Physics	1	0	164	280
447	Department of Physics and Astronomy	1	0	11	22
447	Department of Physics	1	0	10	21
447	Department of Psychology	1	0	1	10
447	Department of Physics	1	0	2	5
447	Department of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy	1	0	5	7

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