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Laser Focus World

Laser Focus World is indexed in Web of Science (SCIE). Published by PennWell Corporation.

ISSN 1043-8092Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: PennWell Corporation

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Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

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UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
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ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is Laser Focus World indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2017 (also 1994–2015)).

What is the impact factor of Laser Focus World? Laser Focus World 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. Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title.

Is Laser Focus World in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

Is Laser Focus World open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

12
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
13
i10-index
152
works indexed
363
total citations
Papers published per year
025502008: 10 papers1020082009: 4 papers420092010: 5 papers520102011: 6 papers620112012: 3 papers320122013: 1 papers120132014: 5 papers520142015: 4 papers420152016: 10 papers1020162017: 24 papers242017

Laser Focus World published 24 papers in 2017. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Semiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and Strategies

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.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2017
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

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