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: "Dynamic multispectral NIR/SWIR for in vivo lymphovascular architectural and functional quantification" by C. Hansen et al., in Volume 29 Issue 10.

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Featured Content

Two-color fluorescence-guided surgery for head and neck cancer resections

Dani A. Szafran-Reeder, Nourhan A. Shams, Antonio Montaño, Syed Zaki Husain Rizvi, Adam W.G. Alani, Kimberley S. Samkoe, Lei G. Wang, and Summer L. Gibbs

Accuracy enhancement of metabolic index-based blood glucose estimation with a screening process for low-quality data

Tomoya Nakazawa, Keiji Morishita, Anna Ienaka, Takeo Fujii, Masaki Ito, and Fumie Matsushita

JBO Hot Topics Webinar: Advances in Molecular Imaging in Small Animals

Speakers: Guosong Hong (Stanford University), Chongzhao Ran (Massachusetts General Hospital), and Scott Davis (Dartmouth College)

Host: Kenneth Tichauer (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Live event! 2 December 2024, 9am Pacific

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


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

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


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

Editors: Baowei Fei, Jeeseong Hwang, and Matija Milanič


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

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


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


Polarimetry in Biomedical Optics, Part 2

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


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


Video introduction to the journal

Journal Details/Metrics:

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

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

Author Benefits:

  • 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)
  • Professional copyediting and typesetting
  • Immediate gold open access for all published papers 
  • Articles deposited into PubMed Central at no charge
  • Integration with Code Ocean, a cloud-based code development and publishing platform
  • 5 free downloads from the SPIE Digital Library

 


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