该期刊发表了光学和光子学的基础和应用研究进展。主题包括但不限于：激光、发光二极管和其他光源；光纤和光学通信；成像、探测器和传感器；新型材料和工程结构；光学数据储存和显示；等离子；量子光学；衍射光学和制导光学；医学光学和生物光学；紫外线和X射线；太赫兹技术。光子学研究是OSA和中国激光印刷机的联合出版工作。
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The journal publishes fundamental and applied research progress in optics and photonics. Topics include, but are not limited to, lasers, LEDs and other light sources; fiber optics and optical communications; imaging, detectors and sensors; novel materials and engineered structures; optical data storage and displays; plasmonics; quantum optics; diffractive optics and guided optics; medical optics and biophotonics; ultraviolet and x-rays; terahertz technology. Photonics Research is a joint publishing effort of the OSA and Chinese Laser Press.
| 大类学科 | 分区 | 小类学科 | 分区 | Top期刊 | 综述期刊 |
| 物理与天体物理 | 1区 | OPTICS 光学 | 1区 | 是 | 否 |
| JCR分区等级 | JCR所属学科 | 分区 | 影响因子 |
| Q1 | OPTICS | Q1 | 7.254 |
| CiteScore | SJR | SNIP | 学科类别 | 分区 | 排名 | 百分位 |
| 11.40 | 1.984 | 1.946 | 大类：Physics and Astronomy 小类：Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | Q1 | 16 / 205 |
92% |
| 大类：Physics and Astronomy 小类：Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | Q1 | 25 / 259 |
90% |
| 影响因子 | h-index | Gold OA文章占比 | 研究类文章占比 | OA开放访问 | 平均审稿速度 |
| 7.254 | 31 | 1.91% | 98.11% | 未开放 | -- |
