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Journal of Russian Laser Research is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer New York.
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ISSN 1071-2836Verify ISSN ↗1573-8760Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer New York
Cost to publish: About US$3,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | 192 / 300 | 36th | Q3 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 179 / 243 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1994–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Journal of Russian Laser Research is Q3 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 192 of 300) and Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 179 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Russian Laser Research 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 1.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 36th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.211, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 30.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Russian Laser Research is published by Springer New York. Its print ISSN is 1071-2836 and its online ISSN is 1573-8760.
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 Russian Laser Research has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 0.68 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #194 of 268 Scopus journals in Engineering (miscellaneous).
Journal of Russian Laser Research published 14 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 94. 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 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (40%), Russia (15%) and India (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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