Open Access
Open access

Light: Science and Applications

Springer Nature
Springer Nature
ISSN: 20477538, 20955545
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
20.6
SJR
5.187
CiteScore
27.0
Categories
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Areas
Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
2012-2025
journal names
Light: Science and Applications
LIGHT-SCI APPL
Publications
2 142
Citations
127 382
h-index
172
Top-3 citing journals
Optics Express
Optics Express (6996 citations)
Advanced Optical Materials
Advanced Optical Materials (3184 citations)
Optics Letters
Optics Letters (3036 citations)
Top-3 countries
China (1048 publications)
USA (540 publications)
United Kingdom (228 publications)

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USA, 540, 25.21%
United Kingdom, 228, 10.64%
Germany, 202, 9.43%
Singapore, 120, 5.6%
Republic of Korea, 108, 5.04%
France, 101, 4.72%
Australia, 87, 4.06%
Italy, 83, 3.87%
Switzerland, 70, 3.27%
Russia, 60, 2.8%
Spain, 60, 2.8%
Netherlands, 54, 2.52%
Israel, 50, 2.33%
Japan, 50, 2.33%
Canada, 47, 2.19%
Sweden, 35, 1.63%
Belgium, 21, 0.98%
Poland, 21, 0.98%
Austria, 18, 0.84%
Saudi Arabia, 18, 0.84%
Denmark, 16, 0.75%
Czech Republic, 16, 0.75%
Finland, 13, 0.61%
Brazil, 11, 0.51%
India, 11, 0.51%
South Africa, 9, 0.42%
Ireland, 7, 0.33%
Norway, 7, 0.33%
Greece, 6, 0.28%
Portugal, 5, 0.23%
UAE, 5, 0.23%
Turkey, 5, 0.23%
Argentina, 4, 0.19%
Egypt, 4, 0.19%
Iceland, 3, 0.14%
Luxembourg, 3, 0.14%
Mexico, 3, 0.14%
New Zealand, 3, 0.14%
Pakistan, 3, 0.14%
Thailand, 3, 0.14%
Croatia, 3, 0.14%
Ukraine, 2, 0.09%
Iraq, 2, 0.09%
Iran, 2, 0.09%
Lithuania, 2, 0.09%
Romania, 2, 0.09%
Serbia, 2, 0.09%
Chile, 2, 0.09%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.05%
Belarus, 1, 0.05%
Estonia, 1, 0.05%
Armenia, 1, 0.05%
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Vietnam, 1, 0.05%
Qatar, 1, 0.05%
Cyprus, 1, 0.05%
Colombia, 1, 0.05%
Latvia, 1, 0.05%
Malaysia, 1, 0.05%
Nepal, 1, 0.05%
Palestine, 1, 0.05%
Peru, 1, 0.05%
Slovenia, 1, 0.05%
Uruguay, 1, 0.05%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.05%
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USA, 314, 21.22%
United Kingdom, 136, 9.19%
Germany, 101, 6.82%
Republic of Korea, 85, 5.74%
Singapore, 78, 5.27%
France, 57, 3.85%
Australia, 50, 3.38%
Italy, 40, 2.7%
Switzerland, 34, 2.3%
Russia, 33, 2.23%
Spain, 32, 2.16%
Netherlands, 31, 2.09%
Israel, 28, 1.89%
Japan, 28, 1.89%
Canada, 22, 1.49%
Sweden, 19, 1.28%
Poland, 16, 1.08%
Belgium, 12, 0.81%
Finland, 12, 0.81%
Saudi Arabia, 11, 0.74%
Austria, 10, 0.68%
Brazil, 9, 0.61%
Denmark, 8, 0.54%
Czech Republic, 7, 0.47%
South Africa, 7, 0.47%
India, 6, 0.41%
Ireland, 6, 0.41%
Norway, 6, 0.41%
Portugal, 4, 0.27%
Argentina, 4, 0.27%
Greece, 4, 0.27%
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Turkey, 3, 0.2%
Croatia, 3, 0.2%
Iran, 2, 0.14%
Iceland, 2, 0.14%
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Romania, 2, 0.14%
Thailand, 2, 0.14%
Chile, 2, 0.14%
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Ukraine, 1, 0.07%
Belarus, 1, 0.07%
Estonia, 1, 0.07%
Armenia, 1, 0.07%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.07%
Hungary, 1, 0.07%
Egypt, 1, 0.07%
Qatar, 1, 0.07%
Latvia, 1, 0.07%
Lithuania, 1, 0.07%
Malaysia, 1, 0.07%
Nepal, 1, 0.07%
Pakistan, 1, 0.07%
Serbia, 1, 0.07%
Slovenia, 1, 0.07%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.07%
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