Journal of Biomedical Optics

Editor-in-Chief: Brian W. Pogue, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA

Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO) is a Gold Open Access journal that publishes peer-reviewed papers on the use of novel optical systems and techniques for improved health care and biomedical research.

On the cover: Multimodal fluorescence and phase imaging of a HeLa cell under a commercially available confocal microscope without any modification of optics (from the article "Transport-of-intensity phase imaging using commercially available confocal microscope" by N. Yoneda et al., in Volume 29 Issue 11)

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Optical clearing with tartrazine enables deep transscleral imaging with optical coherence tomography

Amit Narawane, Robert Trout, Christian Viehland, Anthony N. Kuo, Lejla Vajzovic, Al-Hafeez Dhalla, and Cynthia A. Toth

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Hyperspectral imaging in neurosurgery: a review of systems, computational methods, and clinical applications

Alankar Kotwal, Vishwanath Saragadam, Joshua D. Bernstock, Alfredo Sandoval, Ashok Veeraraghavan, and Pablo A. Valdés

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Previously Published Special Sections

From the Journal of Biomedical Optics

Special Issue on Molecular Guided Surgery (in progress, 2025)

Editors: Summer Gibbs, Sylvain Gioux, and Brian W. Pogue

Polarimetry in Biomedical Optics, Part 2 (in progress, May 2025)

Editors: Alex Vitkin, Nirmalya Gosh, and Jessica C. Ramella-Roman

Special Issue on Pulse Oximetry: 50 Years of Inventions and Discoveries in Biomedical Optics (in progress, 2024)

Editors: Jana M. Kainerstorfer, Kenneth M. Tichauer, Ton van Leeuwen, Arjun G. Yodh, and Brian W. Pogue

Special Issue Honoring Gabriel Popescu, Pioneer in Biomedical Optics (2024)

Editors: Randy A. Bartels, Stephen A. Boppart, and Kevin W. Eliceiri

Special Section on Hyperspectral Imaging (Part 1, September 2024)

Editors: Baowei Fei, Jeeseong Hwang, and Matija Milanič

Special Issue Honoring Lihong V. Wang, Pioneer in Biomedical Optics (2024)

Editors: Xueding Wang, Mark Anastasio, Hao Zhang, Sava Sakadzic, Song Hu, and Liang Gao

Selected Topics in Biophotonics: Translating Novel Photonics Technology into Clinical Applications (December 2023)

Editors: Stefan Andersson-Engels and Peter E. Andersen

Polarimetry in Biomedical Optics, Part 1 (October 2023)

Editors: Alex Vitkin, Nirmalya Gosh, and Jessica C. Ramella-Roman

Short Wave Infrared Techniques and Applications in Biomedical Optics (September 2023)

Editors: Daniel Fried, Mark Pierce, and Darren Roblyer

Seeing Inside Tissue with Optical Molecular Probes (August 2023)

Editors: Nada Boustany, Mark Niedre, and Manojit Pramanik

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Journal Details/Metrics:

ISSN: 1560-2281
CiteScore^™ 2023: 6.4
Impact Factor:^* 3.0

^{* Source: Clarivate Analytics, Journal Citation Reports (2024)}

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Rigorous, prompt peer review (median time from submission to first decision: 27 days)
Rapid publication of articles (median time from acceptance to publication: 22 days)
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