Most-cited articles by year
Applied Optics
Optica Publishing Group · ISSN 0003-6935 · 62,549 works in OpenAlex · h-index 319
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Applied Optics published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 1,185 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 50 of 1,264 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 50 of 1,414 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 50 of 1,566 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 50 of 1,606 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 1,525 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 1,534 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 1,529 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 50 of 1,559 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Applied Optics published between 1,185 and 1,606 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 50. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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