Most-cited articles by year
Optics Letters
Optica Publishing Group · ISSN 0146-9592 · 46,273 works in OpenAlex · h-index 348
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Optics Letters published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 1,885 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 50 of 1,625 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 50 of 1,619 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 50 of 1,590 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 50 of 1,735 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 1,636 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 1,547 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 1,355 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 50 of 1,470 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Optics Letters published between 1,355 and 1,885 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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