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Light: Science and Applications is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 31.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 2047-7538Verify ISSN ↗2095-5545Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 7 / 243 | 97th | Q1 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 10 / 318 | 97th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 31.6.
Light: Science and Applications is Q1 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 7 of 243) and Q1 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 10 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
Light: Science and 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 31.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 4.946, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 193.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,190 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.
Light: Science and Applications is published by Springer Nature. Its print ISSN is 2047-7538 and its online ISSN is 2095-5545.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Light: Science and Applications has an h-index of 214 and a 2-year mean of 17.65 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 31.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Light: Science and Applications published 395 papers in 2025. 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 (2026), authors are most often from China (45.4%), United States (11.1%) and South Korea (6.2%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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