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Laser and Particle Beams is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 0263-0346Verify ISSN ↗1469-803XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 406 / 1030 | 60th | Q2 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 212 / 446 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 118 / 243 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2025–present (also 1983–2023), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.9.
Laser and Particle Beams is Q2 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 406 of 1030), Q2 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 212 of 446) and Q2 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 118 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Laser and Particle Beams 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 3.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.328, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 56.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 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.
Laser and Particle Beams is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 0263-0346 and its online ISSN is 1469-803X.
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.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Laser and Particle Beams has an h-index of 62 and a 2-year mean of 0.29 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #634 of 744 Scopus journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Laser and Particle Beams published 8 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 91. 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 54 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from China (43.8%), United States (11.8%) and Italy (9.4%).
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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