Light: Science & Applications

Light: Science & Applications

Discipline	Photonics
Language	English
Edited  by	Jianlin Cao, Xi-Cheng Zhang
Publication details
History	2012-present
Publisher	Nature Portfolio on behalf of the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics and the Chinese Optical Society
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Impact factor	23.4 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Light Sci. Appl.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	LSAIAZ
ISSN	2095-5545  (print) 2047-7538  (web)
OCLC  no.	1053804242
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Light: Science & Applications is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio on behalf of the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Optical Society. ^[1] It covers research on all aspects of optics. The journal was established in March 2012 and the editors-in-chief are Jianlin Cao and Xi-Cheng Zhang. ^[2]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

• Chemical Abstracts Service ^[3]
• Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology ^[4]
• Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences ^[4]
• EBSCO databases ^[5]
• Ei Compendex ^[6]
• Inspec ^[7]
• Science Citation Index Expanded ^[4]
• Scopus ^[8]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 23.4. ^[9]

References

1. "Light: Science & Applications--中国光学学会". www.cncos.org. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
2. "About the Editors | Light: Science & Applications". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
3. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service . American Chemical Society . Retrieved 2021-08-07.
4. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics . Retrieved 2021-08-07.
5. "Light: Science & Applications". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2021-08-07.
6. "Content/Database Overview - Compendex Source List". Engineering Village. Elsevier . Retrieved 2021-08-07.
7. "Inspec list of journals" (PDF). Inspec. Institution of Engineering and Technology . Retrieved 2021-08-07.
8. "Source details: Light: Science & Applications". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2021-08-07.
9. "Light: Science & Applications". 2024 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025.

External links

• Official website