Biomedical Optics Express

Biomedical Optics Express is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Optica. The journal's scope encompasses fundamental research and technology development of optics applied to biomedical studies and clinical applications. The founding and first editor-in-chief is Joseph A. Izatt (Duke University). The current editor-in-chief is Ruikang (Ricky) Wang at the University of Washington, USA.^[1]

Biomedical Optics Express

Discipline	Optics in the life sciences
Language	English
Edited by	Ruikang (Ricky) Wang
Publication details
History	2010–present
Publisher	Optica
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Yes
Impact factor	2.9 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Biomed. Opt. Express
Indexing CODEN (alt) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	BOEICL
ISSN	2156-7085
OCLC no.	650509280
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by:

• Science Citation Index Expanded
• Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology
• Chemical Abstracts Service/CASSI
• PubMed

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.9.^[2]