The Journal of Modern Optics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established as Optica Acta in 1954. It obtained its current name in 1987 and is published by Taylor & Francis with 21 issues per year. The journal covers most branches of classical and quantum optics including lasers, diffraction, holographs, nonlinear optics, and photon statistics. Its current editor-in-chief is Kedar Khare (IIT Delhi).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology

• Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences

• EBSCO databases

• Ei Compendex

• Inspec

• Science Citation Index Expanded

• Scopus

• zbMATH

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2025 impact factor of 0.9.

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