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Photonics and Lasers in Medicine
Photonics and Lasers in Medicine is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 2193-0635Verify ISSN ↗2193-0643Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Photonics and Lasers in Medicine indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2012–2016).
What is the impact factor of Photonics and Lasers in Medicine?
Photonics and Lasers in Medicine has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Photonics and Lasers in Medicine and what is its ISSN?
Photonics and Lasers in Medicine is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2193-0635 and its online ISSN is 2193-0643.
Is Photonics and Lasers in Medicine in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Photonics and Lasers in Medicine open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Photonics and Lasers in Medicine for 5 years, between 2012 and 2016. Coverage ended in 2016, 10 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 268 works and 1,794 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2016, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2016, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Photonics and Lasers in Medicine? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Photonics and Lasers in Medicine has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Photonics and Lasers in Medicine published 39 papers in 2016; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 65. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Photonics and Lasers in Medicine? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2016. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2016
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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