谢谢邀请，作为光学专业的科班生，硕士，博士，还是比较有资格来回答你的问题啦。 1、Optica（影响因子9.7784，中科院分区大类物理1区，小类光学1区，Top） Optica is an open-access, online-only journal dedicated to the rapid dissemination of high-impact peer-reviewed research across the entire spectrum of optics and photonics. Published monthly by OSA, Optica provides a forum for pioneering research to be swiftly accessed by the international community, whether that research is theoretical or experimental, fundamental or applied. Optica publishes original research letters (4 pages), research articles (6-8 pages), and mini-reviews (8-12 pages). The Journal has recently introduced memoranda (2 pages); short announcements of particularly exciting breakthroughs and innovations. Comments and Replies will also be published. Incremental work that does not convincingly add new and important results of broad interest to the optics and photonics communities will be declined by Optica. 2、Photonics Research（PR，影响因子6.0994，中科院物理1区，光学1区，Top） Co-published by The Optical Society (OSA) and Chinese Laser Press (CLP) at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Photonics Research disseminates fundamental and applied research progress in optics and photonics.（中国激光杂志社和美国光学学会合办的高质量期刊） Topics include, but are not limited to, lasers, LEDs and other light sources; fiber optics and optical communications; imaging, detectors and sensors; novel materials and engineered structures; optical data storage and displays; plasmonics; quantum optics; diffractive optics and guided optics; medical optics and biophotonics; ultraviolet and x-rays; terahertz technology. 3、Optics Letters（OL）、Optics Express（OE）（影响因子分别3.7138、3.6687，中科院物理2区，光学2区，Top）
PS：本文有点长（我没有特别数多少字，2000？3000？）、图片有点多，如果不想全文看完的话建议先看结论，中间挑感兴趣的看吧。
那我给你一些建议哈。我按照杂志社的方向给你推荐。首先简单科普一下杂志社和期刊的关系。有的杂志社为了科研工作者的具体研究方向的差异和水平档次的不同，它旗下会办好几个期刊。
一、美国光学学会（The Optical Society，OSA）
美国光学学会在光学领域的地位毋庸置疑，看学会名字就知道。我根据影响因子高低给大家列一下
PS：额外安利一下影响因子查询的网址，超好用，输入期刊，就可以查询到期刊全名、历年影响因子以及中科院或者JCR分区。（下图以Optica为例）
The Journal seeks articles that will be of significant interest to the optics and broader scientific community. As a result, the process for paper acceptance is inherently highly selective.
The acceptance criteria for Optica include:
The Journal is:
Photonics Research considers original research articles, feature issue contributions, invited reviews and comments on published articles.
Optics Letters offers rapid dissemination of new results in all areas of optics with short, original, peer-reviewed communications. Optics Letters covers the latest research in optical science, including optical measurements, optical components and devices, atmospheric optics, biomedical optics, Fourier optics, integrated optics, optical processing, optoelectronics, lasers, nonlinear optics, optical storage and holography, optical coherence, polarization, quantum electronics, ultrafast optical phenomena, photonic crystals, and fiber optics. Criteria used in determining acceptability of contributions include newsworthiness to a substantial part of the optics community and the effect of rapid publication on the research of others. This journal, published twice each month, is where readers look for the latest discoveries in optics.
Optics Express is the all-electronic, open-access journal for optics providing rapid publication for peer-reviewed articles that emphasize scientific and technology innovations in all aspects of optics and photonics.
Additionally, Optics Express publishes papers dedicated to new developments in the science and engineering of light and their impact on sustainable energy, the environment, and green technologies in its dedicated section, Energy and Environmental Optics Express. These papers are published online in each issue as they are ready.
For details about the scope of Optics Express with regards to digital image processing, see the editorial published in April 2014.
Optics Express considers original research articles, special issue contributions, invited reviews and comments on published articles.
4、Applied Optics（AO）、Chinese Optics Letters（COL）（影响因子分别1.9611、2.0450，中科院物理3区，光学3区）
Applied Optics publishes in-depth peer-reviewed content about applications-centered research in optics. These articles cover research in optical technology, photonics, lasers, information processing, sensing and environmental optics.
Applied Optics' research articles should:
- Concentrate on practical applications of science and technology,
- Introduce new science or technology by either increasing understanding of existing research or reporting novel applications,
- Include the development and performance of technologies when applying theories,
- Provide sufficient background, detail, and explanation so that others can reproduce the results, and so that the significance of the work is clear.
In addition to original research articles, invited review articles, and comments on published articles, Applied Optics is now publishing . E&L Notes are brief articles devoted to the design, analysis, fabrication, integration, alignment, and measurement techniques used when creating optical components and systems. E&L Notes offers a unique way to publish observations from your engineering notebook in Applied Optics.
Chinese Optics Letters (COL) is an international journal aimed at the rapid dissemination of latest, important discoveries and inventions in all branches of optical science and technology. It is considered to be one of the most important journals in optics in China. It is collected by The Optical Society (OSA) Publishing Digital Library and also indexed by Science Citation Index (SCI), Engineering Index (EI), etc. （中国激光杂志社与美国光学学会合办）
COL is distinguished by its short review period (~30 days) and publication period (~100 days).
With its debut in January 2003, COL is published monthly by Chinese Laser Press, and distributed by OSA outside of Chinese Mainland.
二、Nature杂志社
1、Nature正刊（影响因子42.7795，中科院分区大类物理1区，Top）
About the Journal Aims & Scope Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public. Nature's mission statement First, to serve scientists through prompt publication of significant advances in any branch of science, and to provide a forum for the reporting and discussion of news and issues concerning science. Second, to ensure that the results of science are rapidly disseminated to the public throughout the world, in a fashion that conveys their significance for knowledge, culture and daily life. Nature's original mission statement was published for the first time on 11 November 1869.
2、Nature Photonics（影响因子31.2410，中科院分区大类物理1区，小类光学1区，Top）
Nature Photonics is a monthly journal publishing the best research from all areas of light generation, manipulation and detection. All editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors.
Photonics — the scientific study and application of light — has evolved to become a key technology behind many devices found in the modern home, factory and research lab. Today, the field is both a Nobel-prize-winning science and a billion-dollar industry, underpinning applications such as fibre-optic communication, data storage, flat-panel displays and materials processing.
Nature Photonics is a monthly journal dedicated to this exciting field and publishes top-quality, peer-reviewed research in all areas of light generation, manipulation and detection.
Coverage extends from research into the fundamental properties of light and how it interacts with matter through to the latest designs of optoelectronic device and emerging applications that exploit photons.
The journal covers topics including:
- Lasers, LEDs and other light sources
- Imaging, detectors and sensors
- Optoelectronic devices and components
- Novel materials and engineered structures
- Physics of light propagation, interaction and behaviour
- Quantum optics and cryptography
- Ultrafast photonics
- Biophotonics
- Optical data storage
- Spectroscopy
- Fibre optics and optical communications
- Solar energy and photovoltaics
- Displays
- Terahertz technology
- Nonlinear optics
- Plasmonics
- Nanophotonics
- X-rays
3、Nature Physics（影响因子19.2553，中科院分区大类物理1区，小类综合1区，Top）
4、Nature其他期刊（包括Nature Materials、Nature Electronics、Nature Communications等）
三、Wiley杂志社（Homepage | Wiley）
1、Advanced Optical Materials（AOM，IF=8.2866，工程技术1区 Top，光学 1 区）
2、Advanced Science（AS，IF=
| 15.8397 |
，工程技术1区 Top，材料科学：综合 1 区）
3、Advanced Materials（AM，IF=27.3988，工程技术1区 Top，物理化学1区等）
4、其他期刊（其中LPR是非常好的期刊，影响因子在10以上，绝对的光学一区期刊）
四、美国化学学会（Americal Chemical Science ACS，American Chemical Society）
ACS History The First 100 Years Thirty-five chemists met at the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York on April 6, 1876, to found the American Chemical Society. Seven months later, the first president of the newly formed society, John William Draper, delivered his inaugural address at Chickering Hall in New York. From its inception, the ACS was committed to sharing its professional work with a public audience. ACS began publishing its flagship journal, the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), in April, 1879. Abstracts, which had appeared in JACS since 1897, were given their own publication, Chemical Abstracts in January 1907. By 1930, ACS had 18,206 members, 83 local sections and 17 disciplinary divisions. On August 25, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Public Act No. 358, incorporating the society under federal charter. ACS celebrated its centennial year in 1976, at two national meetings with over 10,000 attendees at each.
光学领域比较关注的期刊是他们家的ACS Photonics（IF=6.8644，大类工程技术1区 Top，小类光学 2 区，等等其他的）
五、英国皇家物理学会出版社（IOP Science）
出版社及期刊介绍：
英国物理学会是国际性的学术协会和专业机构，其使命是促进物理学的发展和其在全世界的传播。英国物理学会出版社是全球领先的专注于物理学及相关学科的科技出版社，是英国物理学会的重要组成部分。
IOP出版如下世界知名的学协会的期刊：英国物理学会，中国物理学会、欧洲物理学会、德国物理学会、法国物理学会、俄罗斯科学院、欧洲光学学会、国际计量局、伦敦数学学会、国际原子能机构、瑞典皇家科学院、放射保护学会、医学物理和工程学会、中科院等离子所和中国力学学会、日本流体力学会、意大利里雅斯特国际高级研究生院、中国天文学会、国际呼吸研究协会和国际呼吸气味研究学会等。
涵盖的学科范围：
现在IOP向贵校开放了DRAA组团的63种电子期刊，其中46种有影响因子，三种被CPCI收录。出版学科包括：应用物理，计算机科学，凝聚态和材料科学，物理总论，高能和核能物理，数学和应用数学、数学物理，测量科学和传感器，医学和生物学，光学、原子和分子物理，物理教育学，等离子物理等。另外由NSTL购买的14种IOP期刊我们也为贵馆开通。贵馆共可以访问77种电子期刊。
访问方式及访问范围：
IOP主网站： https://iopscience.iop.org/journalList
在线视频演示：https://i.youku.com/u/UNTM3NDEzODQw?spm=a2h0k.11417342.soresults.dname
六、英国皇家化学学会出版社（The Royal Society of Chemistry，RSC）
Chemistry is at the centre of everything you can see, smell, touch and taste. Whether studying the chemistry of life, or developing the advanced science behind modern technology, chemical scientists use their expertise to improve our health, our environment and our daily lives. Collaboration is essential. We connect scientists with each other and society as a whole, so they can do their best work and make discoveries and innovation happen. We publish new research. We develop, recognise and celebrate professional capabilities. We bring people together to spark new ideas and new partnerships. We support teachers to inspire future generations of scientists. And we speak up to influence the people making decisions that affect us all. We are a catalyst for the chemistry that enriches our world.
七、Elsevier出版社（https://www.elsevier.com/catalog?producttype=journals）
对于光学来说，我了解的Nanoenergy会有所涉猎。
八、其他期刊（PRL、PRB、Light: Science & Applications、AP、Small、Nano Letters等）
九、总结
1、利用好期刊查询网站。首先，当导师或者师兄师姐给你发了一篇期刊的时候，自己心里要有数，他的影响因子如何，到底文章的创新度如何，是否值得follow？这个最简单的办法就是影响因子越高，当然越值得去follow啦（前提是刚刚入门的小白，对科研期刊不是特别了解的情况下，看影响因子，大佬自己在内心里期刊地位都有数的，不一定影响因子越高的期刊越有价值）。
2、确定具体方向。不要盲目去以期刊为主导，以为这个期刊是搞光学的，然后就一篇一篇把文章翻完，这样对于你的课题方向调研非常不利，毕竟大海捞针的效率谁都懂。个人给个建议，就是先找师兄师姐找几篇方向非常相关的文献，或者用谷歌学术初筛一下关于你的方向的文献。再利用你所找到的文献的引文，按图索骥，以期刊和关键词为牵引（找影响力稍微大一些的期刊，多看看人家的创新点，实现方案等）
3、科研需要耐心慢慢积淀。咱们既然选择了读研、读博或者打算在科研的路上继续走下去，那么我们需要注意沉淀、注意慢慢观察、慢慢积累，把学习、实验的习惯养成好，一旦习惯养好了，后续的科研工作就能有条不紊地进行。所以咱们一进组，有机会多请教请教师兄师姐，聊一聊组内情况、学习生活起步应该注意事项。偶尔可以请他们吃吃饭、喝喝奶茶呀什么的，更能增进感情（这样可能能够和师兄师姐拉近关系，觉得咱们小伙子不错，懂得感恩。咱们换位思考一下，扪心自问，假如学弟老是追着你问情况，有时候手头的科研任务又重、导师还经常批评说进度慢，还要时不时给学弟学妹答疑解惑、有一两次可能心态和态度就不那么好了。一两次偶尔了解还好，时间长了有的师兄师姐可能就不乐意了，虽然嘴上不一定说，心里肯定MMP。所以大家多观察、多体会。哈哈哈，其实我在暗示奶茶）
最后最后，祝咱们光学方向的所有老师、同学们科研顺利，发光发热，为祖国的科研工作尽自己所能！
文章仅个人这么些年的一些经验，若有不妥之处，请及时指出，虚心接受。
转载了我自己的的另外一个回答：