Journal profile · OPTICS
Advanced Photonics Nexus
ISSN 2791-1519 · SPIE
Advanced Photonics Nexus: CAS Zone 2 · Physics & Astronomy (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; APC about USD 1,675; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advanced Photonics Nexus is published by SPIE and is classed under Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Optical Network Technologies, together about 26.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): OPTICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering12.1%
- Advanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy7.5%
- Optical Network TechnologiesEngineering7.2%
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsMaterials Science6.1%
- Orbital Angular Momentum in OpticsPhysics and Astronomy6.1%
- Neural Networks and Reservoir ComputingComputer Science5.9%
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesEngineering5.3%
- Advanced Fiber Optic SensorsEngineering4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 98LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 429 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 133 | 133 | 57 |
| 2025 | 107 | 107 | 328 |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | 921 |
| 2023 | 79 | 79 | 1,273 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 445 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,675 | No | CC BY |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SPIE
- ISSN
- 2791-1519
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advanced Photonics Nexus
What CAS zone is Advanced Photonics Nexus in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Advanced Photonics Nexus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advanced Photonics Nexus is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Advanced Photonics Nexus open access, and what is the APC?
Advanced Photonics Nexus is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,675.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .