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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
32.1
SJR
11.392
CiteScore
48.5
Categories
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Areas
Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
2021-2025
journal names
eLight
Publications
112
Citations
5 682
h-index
44
Publications
112
Citations
5 563
Top-3 citing journals
Optics Express
Optics Express (246 citations)
Laser and Photonics Reviews
Laser and Photonics Reviews (235 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
China (50 publications)
USA (30 publications)
Singapore (10 publications)

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Citing journals

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Light: Science and Applications
479 citations, 8.43%
Optics Express
246 citations, 4.33%
Laser and Photonics Reviews
235 citations, 4.14%
Nature Communications
146 citations, 2.57%
Optics Letters
126 citations, 2.22%
Nanophotonics
116 citations, 2.04%
ACS Photonics
107 citations, 1.88%
Advanced Optical Materials
103 citations, 1.81%
Nano Letters
82 citations, 1.44%
Photonics Research
78 citations, 1.37%
Applied Physics Letters
77 citations, 1.36%
Advanced Materials
72 citations, 1.27%
Optics and Laser Technology
64 citations, 1.13%
Physical Review B
63 citations, 1.11%
Science advances
51 citations, 0.9%
ACS Nano
50 citations, 0.88%
eLight
48 citations, 0.84%
Springer Proceedings in Physics
47 citations, 0.83%
Nanomaterials
45 citations, 0.79%
ACS applied materials & interfaces
44 citations, 0.77%
Advanced Functional Materials
44 citations, 0.77%
Advanced Science
43 citations, 0.76%
Optics Communications
43 citations, 0.76%
Photonics
39 citations, 0.69%
Physical Review Letters
38 citations, 0.67%
Physica Scripta
37 citations, 0.65%
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
32 citations, 0.56%
Optical Materials Express
32 citations, 0.56%
Results in Physics
31 citations, 0.55%
Scientific Reports
28 citations, 0.49%
APL Photonics
27 citations, 0.48%
IEEE Photonics Journal
26 citations, 0.46%
Physical Review Applied
25 citations, 0.44%
Applied Optics
23 citations, 0.4%
Optical Materials
23 citations, 0.4%
Optica
23 citations, 0.4%
Optics and Lasers in Engineering
23 citations, 0.4%
Applied Physics Reviews
22 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Applied Physics
22 citations, 0.39%
Solar RRL
22 citations, 0.39%
PhotoniX
22 citations, 0.39%
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
21 citations, 0.37%
Sensors
21 citations, 0.37%
SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers
20 citations, 0.35%
Physical Review A
19 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Lightwave Technology
18 citations, 0.32%
Opto-Electronic Advances
18 citations, 0.32%
Nature Photonics
17 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
17 citations, 0.3%
Small
16 citations, 0.28%
Journal Physics D: Applied Physics
16 citations, 0.28%
Chemical Engineering Journal
16 citations, 0.28%
Nanoscale
15 citations, 0.26%
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
15 citations, 0.26%
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
15 citations, 0.26%
ACS Applied Optical Materials
15 citations, 0.26%
Advanced Photonics
14 citations, 0.25%
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
12 citations, 0.21%
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
12 citations, 0.21%
Ceramics International
12 citations, 0.21%
Nano Energy
12 citations, 0.21%
Micromachines
11 citations, 0.19%
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
11 citations, 0.19%
Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy
11 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
11 citations, 0.19%
Materials and Design
11 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Physics
11 citations, 0.19%
Advanced Photonics Nexus
11 citations, 0.19%
Advances in Optics and Photonics
10 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
10 citations, 0.18%
Materials Research Bulletin
10 citations, 0.18%
Communications Physics
10 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
10 citations, 0.18%
IEEE Access
10 citations, 0.18%
Advanced Quantum Technologies
10 citations, 0.18%
Opto-Electronic Science
10 citations, 0.18%
Advanced Materials Technologies
9 citations, 0.16%
Molecules
9 citations, 0.16%
Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
9 citations, 0.16%
Engineering
9 citations, 0.16%
Analytical Chemistry
9 citations, 0.16%
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
9 citations, 0.16%
Light Advanced Manufacturing
9 citations, 0.16%
Advanced Photonics Research
9 citations, 0.16%
Fundamental Research
9 citations, 0.16%
npj Nanophotonics
9 citations, 0.16%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
8 citations, 0.14%
Materials Today Communications
8 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
8 citations, 0.14%
Science Bulletin
8 citations, 0.14%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
8 citations, 0.14%
Chemical Society Reviews
8 citations, 0.14%
Materials
8 citations, 0.14%
Angewandte Chemie
8 citations, 0.14%
Small Science
8 citations, 0.14%
Physical Review Research
8 citations, 0.14%
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
7 citations, 0.12%
Plasmonics
7 citations, 0.12%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
7 citations, 0.12%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
6 citations, 0.11%
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Springer Nature
1075 citations, 18.92%
Wiley
832 citations, 14.64%
Elsevier
745 citations, 13.11%
Optica Publishing Group
635 citations, 11.18%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
464 citations, 8.17%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
293 citations, 5.16%
MDPI
240 citations, 4.22%
American Physical Society (APS)
198 citations, 3.48%
AIP Publishing
192 citations, 3.38%
IOP Publishing
155 citations, 2.73%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
151 citations, 2.66%
Walter de Gruyter
123 citations, 2.16%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
111 citations, 1.95%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
86 citations, 1.51%
Opto-Electronic Advances
50 citations, 0.88%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
27 citations, 0.48%
Frontiers Media S.A.
21 citations, 0.37%
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
20 citations, 0.35%
Taylor & Francis
15 citations, 0.26%
Science in China Press
12 citations, 0.21%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
11 citations, 0.19%
SAGE
9 citations, 0.16%
Oxford University Press
8 citations, 0.14%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
8 citations, 0.14%
Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
6 citations, 0.11%
Research Square Platform LLC
5 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
4 citations, 0.07%
EDP Sciences
4 citations, 0.07%
Pleiades Publishing
4 citations, 0.07%
Tsinghua University Press
4 citations, 0.07%
OAE Publishing Inc.
4 citations, 0.07%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.05%
eLife Sciences Publications
3 citations, 0.05%
Cambridge University Press
2 citations, 0.04%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Applied Physics
2 citations, 0.04%
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
2 citations, 0.04%
American Vacuum Society
2 citations, 0.04%
Optical Society of India
2 citations, 0.04%
Allerton Press
2 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.04%
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
2 citations, 0.04%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Society for Microbiology
1 citation, 0.02%
King Saud University
1 citation, 0.02%
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Mathematical Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS
1 citation, 0.02%
American Scientific Publishers
1 citation, 0.02%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association of Avian Pathologists Inc.
1 citation, 0.02%
Beilstein-Institut
1 citation, 0.02%
The Electrochemical Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.02%
Akademizdatcenter Nauka
1 citation, 0.02%
Stichting SciPost
1 citation, 0.02%
Media Sphere Publishing House
1 citation, 0.02%
Scientific Scholar
1 citation, 0.02%
Society of Fiber Science & Technology Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
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National University of Singapore
12 publications, 10.71%
Peking University
11 publications, 9.82%
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
9 publications, 8.04%
University of California, Los Angeles
9 publications, 8.04%
Tsinghua University
8 publications, 7.14%
Nankai University
6 publications, 5.36%
Zhejiang University
5 publications, 4.46%
Southern University of Science and Technology
5 publications, 4.46%
Beijing Institute of Technology
4 publications, 3.57%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
4 publications, 3.57%
Fudan University
4 publications, 3.57%
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
4 publications, 3.57%
Nanjing University
4 publications, 3.57%
Sun Yat-sen University
4 publications, 3.57%
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
4 publications, 3.57%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
4 publications, 3.57%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 2.68%
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
3 publications, 2.68%
Southeast University
3 publications, 2.68%
Xidian University
3 publications, 2.68%
University of Technology Sydney
3 publications, 2.68%
Nanyang Technological University
3 publications, 2.68%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 2.68%
Shanxi University
3 publications, 2.68%
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 2.68%
Pusan National University
3 publications, 2.68%
University of Hong Kong
3 publications, 2.68%
Harvard University
3 publications, 2.68%
University of Central Florida
3 publications, 2.68%
University of Science and Technology of China
3 publications, 2.68%
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 2.68%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
3 publications, 2.68%
Harbin Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.79%
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.79%
Tongji University
2 publications, 1.79%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.79%
Aalto University
2 publications, 1.79%
Australian National University
2 publications, 1.79%
University of New South Wales
2 publications, 1.79%
Jinan University
2 publications, 1.79%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.79%
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
2 publications, 1.79%
China Jiliang University
2 publications, 1.79%
Stanford University
2 publications, 1.79%
Boston University
2 publications, 1.79%
Pohang University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 1.79%
Duke University
2 publications, 1.79%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 1.79%
Westlake University
2 publications, 1.79%
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
2 publications, 1.79%
Songshan lake Materials Laboratory
2 publications, 1.79%
University of Stuttgart
2 publications, 1.79%
University of Pennsylvania
2 publications, 1.79%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.79%
Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.89%
ITMO University
1 publication, 0.89%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.89%
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
1 publication, 0.89%
South China University of Technology
1 publication, 0.89%
Beihang University
1 publication, 0.89%
Northwestern Polytechnical University
1 publication, 0.89%
Harbin Engineering University
1 publication, 0.89%
University of Lisbon
1 publication, 0.89%
Chalmers University of Technology
1 publication, 0.89%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
1 publication, 0.89%
Central South University
1 publication, 0.89%
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1 publication, 0.89%
Nanjing Tech University
1 publication, 0.89%
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
1 publication, 0.89%
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
1 publication, 0.89%
Wuhan University
1 publication, 0.89%
Sapienza University of Rome
1 publication, 0.89%
Technische Universität Dresden
1 publication, 0.89%
Capital Normal University
1 publication, 0.89%
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
1 publication, 0.89%
Hunan Normal University
1 publication, 0.89%
Xiamen University
1 publication, 0.89%
Shenzhen University
1 publication, 0.89%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 0.89%
National Institute for Materials Science
1 publication, 0.89%
Jiaxing University
1 publication, 0.89%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.89%
Tianjin University
1 publication, 0.89%
Tianjin Medical University
1 publication, 0.89%
ShanghaiTech University
1 publication, 0.89%
Soochow University (Suzhou)
1 publication, 0.89%
Technical University of Denmark
1 publication, 0.89%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.89%
Shenzhen Technology University
1 publication, 0.89%
Chengdu University of Technology
1 publication, 0.89%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.89%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.89%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.89%
Minzu University of China
1 publication, 0.89%
Air Force Engineering University
1 publication, 0.89%
Air Force Medical University
1 publication, 0.89%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.89%
California Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.89%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.89%
Argonne National Laboratory
1 publication, 0.89%
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China, 50, 44.64%
China
50 publications, 44.64%
USA, 30, 26.79%
USA
30 publications, 26.79%
Singapore, 10, 8.93%
Singapore
10 publications, 8.93%
Germany, 6, 5.36%
Germany
6 publications, 5.36%
United Kingdom, 6, 5.36%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 5.36%
Australia, 5, 4.46%
Australia
5 publications, 4.46%
Republic of Korea, 5, 4.46%
Republic of Korea
5 publications, 4.46%
Israel, 2, 1.79%
Israel
2 publications, 1.79%
Austria, 1, 0.89%
Austria
1 publication, 0.89%
Brazil, 1, 0.89%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.89%
Denmark, 1, 0.89%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.89%
Iran, 1, 0.89%
Iran
1 publication, 0.89%
Italy, 1, 0.89%
Italy
1 publication, 0.89%
Canada, 1, 0.89%
Canada
1 publication, 0.89%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.89%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.89%
Finland, 1, 0.89%
Finland
1 publication, 0.89%
Croatia, 1, 0.89%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.89%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.89%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.89%
Switzerland, 1, 0.89%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.89%
Japan, 1, 0.89%
Japan
1 publication, 0.89%
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