期刊名称：OPTICA ISSN： 2334-2536 出版频率： Monthly 出版社： OPTICAL SOC AMER, 2010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW, WASHINGTON, USA, DC, 20036   出版社网址： http://www.osa.org/ 期刊网址： https://www.osapublishing.org/optica/home.cfm 影响因子： 11.104 主题范畴： OPTICS 变更情况： 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal   Instructions to Authors Optica is an open-access, online-only journal dedicated to the rapid dissemination of high-impact peer-reviewed research across the entire spectrum of optics and photonics. Published monthly by The Optical Society (OSA), Optica provides a forum for pioneering research to be swiftly accessed by the international community, whether that research is theoretical or experimental, fundamental or applied. The Journal seeks articles that will be of significant interest to the optics and broader scientific community. As a result, the process for paper acceptance is inherently highly selective. The acceptance criteria for Optica include: Significance, potential impact, originality, High technical quality, integrity and scientific rigor, Readability, interest to the broader optics and scientific communities. Optica publishes original research letters (4 pages), research articles (6-8 pages), and mini-reviews (8-12 pages). Comments and Replies will also be published. Incremental work that does not convincingly add new and important results of broad interest to the optics and photonics communities will be declined by Optica. Submission Information Is my paper appropriate for Optica? Read about all OSA journals here. Mini-reviews typically will be invited, but authors may contact the Editor-in-Chief (optica@osa.org) to suggest a potential topic if they wish to submit such a paper. Article Processing Charges will be waived for articles submitted during the first year (until April 2015). Please see the Author Resource Center for instructions to prepare and submit a manuscript. Submit Cover Letter and Editorial Review A 250-word submission cover letter is required for all research letters and research articles. The letter should explain why the submitted work is appropriate for Optica, which aspects of the work are novel, and how the work is important to the broader optics/photonics and scientific communities. In addition, the abstract should be accessible to a general audience. We suggest beginning by giving the context and purpose of the work before outlining the methodology and results. The abstract should conclude with a statement evaluating and indicating any implications of your result. The cover letter and manuscript abstract will be evaluated by at least two editorial board members to determine if the paper is approved for external peer review. Every effort will be made to complete this editorial review within five business days of submission. If the editorial board declines the paper for Optica at the initial review stage but deems the paper appropriate for further consideration by OSA publications, the author will receive a decision letter that offers a limited-time option to transfer the paper to another OSA journal. See details below. Peer Review Process Papers that pass the initial editorial review filter will be assigned to a member of the editorial board (associate editor) who will then obtain at least two external peer reviews. The external referees will evaluate the paper using these criteria. Editorial decisions after peer review include: Accept without revision Provisional acceptance, minor revisions requested Revisions requested prior to final decision Reject, transfer option or resubmission processed as a new manuscript Reject, decline further consideration If the associate editor rejects the paper after peer review but deems it appropriate for further consideration by OSA, the author will receive a decision letter that offers a limited-time option to transfer the paper with peer reviews to another OSA journal. See details below. Revised manuscripts may be sent for further review at the discretion of the editor. Generally, the authors' response and the original review comments will be provided for re-review. Every effort will be made to provide a final manuscript decision in a timely manner. On occasion, the editors may receive pertinent information to justify re-evaluation of a paper after it has been accepted. Such matters will be handled judiciously. The editorial office will also review the manuscript title, abstract, introduction and conclusions to judge their effectiveness in engaging the reader, outlining the problem addressed, and communicating the potential impact of the work. Developmental editing will be performed as necessary on accepted manuscripts to ensure broad accessibility for the paper. Transfer Request A unique feature of Optica is its transfer request option. Submissions that are initially declined by Optica but that are deemed by the editors to merit consideration by other OSA journals, can be transferred, with the author's permission, to another OSA journal and will carry the original submission date. The author must activate the transfer request within two weeks of the decision letter from Optica. If the authors are granted the transfer option, details will be provided in their Optica decision letter. The author will submit a request via Prism. The request should include the new OSA journal selection and a brief statement for the new Editor. The new Editor will accept or decline the transfer request. If accepted, the paper will be reactivated in the new journal at the Resubmit Step in order for a resubmission to be completed that adheres to any format/length requirements of the new journal. The original submission date will be retained. If the transfer is declined, any further resubmission will be considered a new manuscript with a new submission date. Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Alex L. Gaeta, Columbia University Associate Editors Miguel Alonso, University of Rochester Paul Beard, University College London, UK Gabriella Cincotti, University Roma Tre Steven Cundiff, University of Michigan Scott Diddams, NIST and University of Colorado Liang Dong, Clemson University Michael Downer, University of Texas Gadi Eisenstein, Technion Israel Institute of Technology Daniel Gauthier, Duke University Elizabeth Hillman, Columbia University Henry Kapteyn, University of Colorado Martii Kauranen, Tampere University of Technology Jacob Khurgin, Johns Hopkins University Thomas Krauss, York University Kobus Kuipers, FOM Institute for Atomic & Molecular Physics Rongguang Liang, University of Arizona Susana Marcos, Instituto di Optica Curtis Menyuk, University of Maryland Baltimore County Jesper Mørk, Technical University of Denmark Robert Norwood, University of Arizona, USA Jian-Wei Pan, University of Science and Technology of China Yehiam Prior, Weizmann Institute of Science Siddharth Ramachandran, Boston University Johann Reithmaier, Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics, University of Kassel Karsten Rottwitt, DTU Fotonik Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, University of Queensland Limin Tong, Zhejiang University Henry van Driel, University of Toronto Konstantin Vodopyanov, CREOL, University of Central Florida Hailin Wang, University of Oregon Martin Wegener, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Andrew White, University of Queensland Changhuei Yang, California Institute of Technology Staff E-mail Phone Alison Taylor, Executive Editor ataylor@osa.org 202-416-1956 Dan McDonold, Editorial Director optica@osa.org 202-416-1984 Christopher Videll, Director, Production & Technology cvidel@osa.org 202-416-1927 Review proposals optica@osa.org Article processing charges billing@osa.org Copyright permission requests copyright@osa.org Online journal technical support elec@osa.org Elizabeth Nolan, Chief Publishing Officer M. Scott Dineen, Senior Director, Publishing, Production & Technology Embargo Policy All articles published in Optica are under embargo until 9am Eastern Time on the day of publication. Environics Communications, on behalf of OSA, provides advance articles and related material to members of the news media for the purpose of issuing news releases and conducting press outreach. These will usually be distributed 3-5 days before the publication date to our press list and over the EurekAlert! wire service, and the date and time of public release will be clearly stated. We believe this provides fair access to published research and serves the scientific community, press and public by ensuring that the article is available to everyone at the time the results are reported in the media. It emphasizes the value of peer-review, gives reporters sufficient opportunity to research the work and hence report it accurately, and ensures authors and/or their institutions' public information officers have time to answer questions and coordinate coverage. Information for Authors If your paper is chosen to receive media coverage, you will be notified as soon as possible during the review process, usually just after a decision has been rendered. Discussion of work under consideration for publication in Optica with other scientists, posting of preprints, and presentation of your results at conferences is acceptable. Our embargo policy is not intended to inhibit scientific communication. If you will be presenting your work after we have notified you that your paper has been chosen to receive promotion to the media however, please let us know. You should not speak with reporters about your work, or provide them with information that is not publicly available more than 5 days prior to publication. If you do speak with a reporter in that time, the information may only appear in the press after the embargo is lifted on the day of publication. If you are approached by a reporter, or your institution wants to feature your work, please contact us so that we can coordinate outreach prior to or on the publication date. Do not respond to or reach out to reporters without contacting us first. By working directly with Optica Public Relations staff on any press outreach related to your work, you are ensuring maximum press coverage, accuracy in reporting and best practices for dealing with the media.