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Chinese Society for Optical Engineering

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Tsinghua University

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    16.5 - 2-year Impact Factor
    16.5 - 5-year Impact Factor
    5.247 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    4.445 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    17 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    142 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    246,459 downloads
    48 Altmetric mentions 

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