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Open Access Photonics Journals

A list of Open Access Photonics journals for you to publish your manuscript in

Photonics is branch of physics related to the technical applications of light

Open Access journals publish research articles that are free to to view and download. The main difference between articles in open access journals and those in closed journals is the business model. Both types of articles have to undergo the same peer review process.

This list of Photonics OA journals will hopefully make it easier for you to have a better idea regarding where your want to publish your Photonics manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Photonics journals as well as new journals. This should give you a better idea on where you should publish. We've made this extensive list of open access Photonics journals so you can get a better overview of all the journals where you can publish open access.Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Photonics venue for your manuscript.

The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.


All the open access Photonics journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Photonics OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.

Open Access Photonics Journals
NameISSNDOAJPublisherNo. of PapersCitationsRelevanceWebsite
Advanced photonics2577-5421SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering192218033.3Website
APL photonics2378-0967American Institute of Physics778971226.3Website
Nanophotonics2192-8614Walter de Gruyter GmbH18362822222.2Website
Optica2334-2536The Optical Society18916830720.6Website
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Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I publish my Photonics paper?
You can publish your Photonics paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open Access aims to provide immediate and unrestricted access to research articles while along you to also share it freely
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
In the table above, relevance is used to determine the level of association between a journal and the concept it is listed under, from 0-100.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations show how often articles from a journal have been referenced in other works. We get this data from OpenAlex.
Where can I find other lists like this one?
If you're interested in seing more lists similar to this one, you can find all our lists on OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
Our focus at OA.mg is to disseminate existing open access research papers. For this reason, we do not offer publishing services.
What is an APC?
In some cases, articles published in journals are made open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. This is made usually made possible by an article-processing charge (APC) that covers the range of publishing services provided.
What are the different Open Access types?
Depending on the license, a research paper might be categorised as a) Gold Open Access, which means the paper is freely available and fully accessible to everyone, b) Hybrid Open Access, which means that the authors can pay an APC to make the paper freely available, or c) Green Open Access, which means that there is a possiblity to make subcription based journal articles freely avaiable by uploading the peer-reviewed article to an instiutional repository. Among these, Diamond, Black, and Bronze Open Access also exist.