Founded in 1916, The Optical Society (OSA) is the leading professional association in optics and photonics, home to accomplished science, engineering, and business leaders from all over the world. Through world-renowned publications, meetings, and membership programs, OSA provides quality information and inspiring interactions that power achievements in the science of light.

OSA serves 18,500 members from more than 100 countries and supports an optics and photonics community of over 180,000 people worldwide. Together, we shape the agenda in optics and photonics, sparking explorations and leading the way in scientific discoveries and product innovations.

Key Benefits
  • Reputable
    As one of the oldest physics publishers in the world, OSA’s flagship titles have set the standard of excellence for more than 90 years.
  • Authoritative
    Optics InfoBase is the largest peer-reviewed collection of optics and photonics papers.
  • High ISI Impact Factors
    OSA’s 15 journals provide the most citations (40%) and articles (32%) in the field of optics and photonics.  7 OSA journals are included in the top 25 titles within these subjects.
  • Relevant
    The average time-to-publication is 120 days from submission to publication.
Subject Coverage
  • Physics
  • Mechanical and Electrical engineering
  • Materials science
  • Vision Science
  • Astronomy
  • Biomedicine
  • Biology
  • Chemistry