The Journal of the European Optical Society: Rapid Publications is an online open access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the European Optical Society. Its 2013 impact factor is 1.152.
The journal publishes articles in all areas of optical science and technology with a focus on:
The editors-in-chief are Kai Erik Peiponen (University of Eastern Finland), Richard Michael De La Rue (University of Glasgow), and Gerd Leuchs (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light).