Journal of Biomedical Optics

The Journal of Biomedical Optics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by SPIE. It covers the application of optical technology to health care, biomedical research, and experimental medicine. The editor-in-chief is Muyinatu Bell (Johns Hopkins University).

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Cover for September issue of this journal
Discipline	Biomedical optics
Language	English
Edited by	Muyinatu Bell
Publication details
History	1996–present
Publisher	SPIE
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	yes
License	CC-BY 4.0
Impact factor	3.5 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Biomed. Opt.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	JBOPFO
ISSN	1083-3668 (print) 1560-2281 (web)
LCCN	96656614
OCLC no.	32795913
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Science Citation Index
• Current Contents/ Life Sciences
• Current Contents/ Engineering, Computing & Technology
• Chemical Abstracts Service
• Inspec
• Scopus
• EI/Compendex
• Astrophysics Data System
• MEDLINE/PubMed
• BIOSIS Previews

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.859, ranking it 12th out of 86 journals in the category "Optics",^[1] 31st out of 79 journals in the category "Biochemical Research Methods",^[2] and 31st out of 125 journals in the category "Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging".^[3]