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Journal of Laser Applications is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by American Institute of Physics.
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ISSN 1042-346XVerify ISSN ↗1938-1387Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | 81 / 206 | 60th | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 132 / 243 | 45th | Q3 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 178 / 318 | 44th | Q3 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 209 / 342 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1988–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.
Journal of Laser Applications is Q2 in Instrumentation (rank 81 of 206), Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 132 of 243) and Q3 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 178 of 318), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Laser Applications is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.401, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 72.
Journal of Laser Applications is published by American Institute of Physics. Its print ISSN is 1042-346X and its online ISSN is 1938-1387.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Laser Applications has an h-index of 76 and a 2-year mean of 2.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #62 of 146 Scopus journals in Instrumentation.
Journal of Laser Applications published 154 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 190. 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. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 95 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (46.7%), Germany (13.7%) and United States (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (2.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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