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Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry is indexed in Web of Science (SCIE). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4, quartile Q2. Published by Springer Verlag.
ISSN 0721-7269Verify ISSN ↗0946-2171Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Cost to publish: About US$4,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 27 / 88 | 69th | Q2 |
| Physics and Astronomy (all) | 89 / 248 | 64th | Q2 |
Is Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1981–1993).
What is the impact factor of Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry? Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so Clarivate publishes a Journal Impact Factor for it in the Journal Citation Reports. JCR is a paid Clarivate product, so the JIF value is not free to republish. Its closest free equivalent is the Scopus CiteScore 4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject.
Is Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry published 237 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 287. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.
In its latest 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (23.2%), India (9.9%) and Germany (9.3%). Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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