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Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.1), WoS ESCI. Published by Chinese Laser Press.
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ISSN 0258-7025Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Chinese Laser Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 473 / 1030 | 54th | Q2 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 137 / 243 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 182 / 318 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.1.
Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers is Q2 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 473 of 1030), Q3 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 137 of 243) and Q3 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 182 of 318), by CiteScore 2025.
Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 3.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.320, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 40.
Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers is published by Chinese Laser Press. Its ISSN is 0258-7025.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 1.58 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #418 of 744 Scopus journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers published 640 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.
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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