Biomedical Optics Express is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Optica.

The journal's scope encompasses fundamental research and technology development of optics applied to biomedical studies and clinical applications.

The founding and first editor-in-chief is Joseph A. Izatt (Duke University).

The current editor-in-chief is Ruikang (Ricky) Wang at the University of Washington, USA.

[1] The journal is abstracted and indexed by: According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.9.