Talk:Optica (society)

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A separate section on the rich history of OSA would be useful —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocoptics (talk • contribs) 16:31, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

CSD

I just tagged this article for CSD G11, given the enormously promotional tone. I don't think this can be salvaged, it should be re-written from scratch. In addition, there are copyvio problems. For example, the lead is copied verbatim from the last paragraph of this page. There may be more like that (much of the article sounds like it, to say the least), but I think all this is damning enough already. For these reasons I think this should be deleted rather than tagged for cleanup. --Crusio (talk) 22:27, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

"The Optical Society" new legal name or current trade name?

Look at this article The Name Change Controversy (2006) and the way the "name change" is described in the Mission of OSA: "In recognition of its global reach and focus, since 2008 the Society has been known as OSA - The Optical Society."

I have the impression that the legal name is still "The Optical Society of America" and "The Optical Society" is the current trade name. Can somebody confirm this impression or provide the evidence I'm wrong? -- SchreyP ^(messages) 20:07, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hi SchreyP,

The legal name of OSA is "The Optical Society of America, Inc." In recognition of our global reach and focus, since 2008 the society has been known as the Optical Society.

Thanks, Angela Stark, OSA staff — Preceding unsigned comment added by AngelaOSA (talk • contribs) 18:25, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Angela, Thanks for this clarification. Much appreciated. Is there a reference available, maybe in one of your journals, other publications or updated bylaws, to support this statement? I could not find any free available references till now. -- SchreyP ^(messages) 21:50, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

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Notes to add

An OSA publishing venture from the late 90s to 2000s -- "Trends in Optics & Photonics" (TOPS). There were 99 volumes published, most were OSA conference proceedings (post conference digests). Ad: [1] Confirmed with publisher there's no list of these on their website to reference; they are represented in the digital library instead by the name of the conference. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 20:12, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Proposed Changes - Scientific Publishing

Hi, full disclosure, I work for The Optical Society, I am doing this of my own volition, but I am keenly aware that I still have an obvious COI. I am also aware that there was a past issue with staff making changes that were not neutral/impartial. But the page does desperately need some help, so I wanted to request some updates/fixes and help as best as I can.

Please find below some recommendations for the scientific publishing area of the article. I have tried to include well cited neutral information below as best as I can including independent and historical citations. My goal was to add some background/historical information about the beginning of publishing by the society and to fix the overly promotional tone of the existing paragraph.

I have also included some minor modifications to the journal listings and have included the addition of the new OSA Continuum journal. - Tinynull (talk) 18:20, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Extended content

Scientific publishing Main category: Optical Society academic journals Scientific publishing is a core activity of the society, and consists of 18 peer-reviewed journals and 1 magazine with content dating from 1917 to the present day. Journal content on the OSA Publishing (formally Optics Infobase) platform offers the highest number of article citations (40%) when compared to any other publisher in the Optics category of the 2017 Journal Citation Report® (Clarivate Analytics, 2017) . OSA Publishing offers more than 350,000 articles, including papers from over 700 conferences and covers many disciplines in optics and photonics. Creation of a journal devoted to pure and applied optics was one of the major goals set forth by Perley Nutting in the founding of the Optical Society of America . To meet this goal, the society's first publication, Journal of the Optical Society of America (JOSA), was launched in January, 1917 with 6 articles on the topics of vision, photography, lens testing and lens design written by Floyd K. Richtmyer, Leonard T. Troland, Frederick Eugene Wright, Kenneth Mees, Perley Nutting, and G.A. Hermann Keller. Primary journals Advances in Optics and Photonics, ISSN 1943-8206; 2009–Present - Publishing long review articles, tutorials, peer-reviewed letters to the editor and replies pertaining to published review articles or tutorials. Authoritative content covers advances in all areas of optics and photonics from fundamental science to engineering applications including materials, devices, and systems. Applied Optics, ISSN 1559-128X (print); ISSN 2155-3165 (online); 1962–Present - Publishing regular articles, comments/replies and errata on the topics of optical technology, lasers, photonics, environmental optics and information processing. Biomedical Optics Express, ISSN 2156-7085; 2010–Present - An open access journal covering optics, photonics and imaging in the life sciences. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 1917–1983, which was split into two journals in 1984: Journal of the Optical Society of America A, ISSN 1084-7529 (print); ISSN 1520-8532 (online); 1984–Present - Covering research on optics, image science, and vision. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, ISSN 0740-3224 (print); ISSN 1520-8540 (online); 1984–Present - Covering research on optical physics Optica, ISSN 2334-2536; 2014–Present - Rapid dissemination of high-impact results in all areas of optics and photonics. Optical Materials Express, ISSN 2159-3930; 2011–Present - An open access journal covering advances in novel optical materials, their properties, modeling, synthesis and fabrication techniques. Optics Express, ISSN 1094-4087; 1997–Present - An open access journal covering all areas of optics including a section, Energy Express, dedicated to research on the science and engineering of light and its impact on sustainable energy development, the environment and green technologies. Optics Letters, ISSN 0146-9592 (print); ISSN 1539-4794 (online); 1977–Present - Providing rapid publication of short papers in all fields of optical science and technology. OSA Continuum, ISSN 2578-7519 (print); ISSN 1539-4794 (online); 1977–Present - Providing rapid publication of short papers in all fields of optical science and technology. Partnered journals Applied Spectroscopy, 1951–present. Published by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Chinese Optics Letters, 2003–present. Published by Chinese Laser Press. Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2009–present. Jointly published by OSA and IEEE. Published from 2002-2009 as Journal of Optical Networking. Journal of Display Technology, 2005–2016. Jointly published by OSA and IEEE. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 1998–present. Jointly published by OSA and IEEE. Journal of Optical Technology, 1999–present. English translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal published by the S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute. Journal of Optical Society of Korea, 2007–present. Published by the Optical Society of Korea. Photonics Research, 2013–present. Jointly published by OSA and Chinese Laser Press. Magazine Optics and Photonics News, 1975–present. Distributed to all members. References

Reply 04-OCT-2018

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Wikipedia is not a directory of everything that the Optical Society has either published or been published in. Please see Wikipedia:Alternative outlets for alternatives. Wikipedia articles are not:

1. Directories or a resource for conducting business. For example, an article on a publisher should not list all of its publications or historically significant past publications. Likewise an article on a business should not contain a list of all the company's published output.
2. Simple listings without context information. Examples include, but are not limited to: listings of business alliances, clients, competitors, employees (except CEOs, supervisory directors and similar top functionaries), equipment, estates, offices, store locations, products and services, publications, sponsors, subdivisions and tourist attractions. Information about relevant single entries with encyclopedic information should be added as sourced prose.  Spintendo  00:38, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

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@Spintendo: Thanks for taking some time to look at this, I apologize that my message wasn't clear, I did my best to follow the template to make the request. I am a bit confused now though. I took a look at the Wiki pages for several of our contemporary/sister societies and they do list all of their journals and publications, though it appears to be as a simple list rather then the detailed bulleted list currently on this page. Such as American_Chemical_Society#Journals_and_magazines, American_Institute_of_Physics#List_of_publications, and American_Physical_Society#APS_journals. This seems to run contrary to what you've posted above, so can you provide some clarification or examples?

Our journals are well known and well cited in the field of Optics and Photonics, as verified by Thomson Reuters in the Journal Citation Report, and the vast majority of them do have a presence already on Wikipedia as they are highly notable. Should it be reformatted to a more simple list as shown on the pages I referenced above?

Also the modification to the lead above the journals list, where I included some background historical information on the first publication by the society, should that not be included or is it more appropriate to the history section? - Tinynull (talk) 18:43, 5 October 2018 (UTC)