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Journal of the Optical Society of America

Journal of the Optical Society of America was the official journal of the Optical Society of America. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

Journal of the Optical Society of America began in 1917. It was known as Journal of the Optical Society of America and Review of Scientific Instruments from 1922 to 1929. The first actively copyright-renewed issue is December 1951 (v. 41 no. 12). We know of no actively copyright-renewed contributions. (More details) It ran until 1983, after which it split into A and B journals.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1917-1928: HathiTrust has volumes 1-17 freely readable online. Some later volumes may be searchable but not readable online here.

Official Site / Current Material

• OSA Publishing has more information about the successors of Journal of the Optical Society of America, as well as other journals covering similar fields.

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