Journal of Laser Applications

Journal of Laser Applications is published by Laser Institute of America and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Laser Material Processing Techniques, Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, together about 46.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Laser Applications (JLA) is the scientific platform of the Laser Institute of America (LIA) and is published in cooperation with AIP Publishing. The high-quality articles cover a broad range from fundamental and applied research and development to industrial applications. Therefore, JLA is a reflection of the state-of-R&D in photonic production, sensing and measurement as well as Laser safety. The following international and well known first-class scientists serve as allocated Editors in 9 new categories: High Precision Materials Processing with Ultrafast Lasers Laser Additive Manufacturing High Power Materials Processing with High Brightness Lasers Emerging Applications of Laser Technologies in High-performance/Multi-function Materials and Structures Surface Modification Lasers in Nanomanufacturing / Nanophotonics & Thin Film Technology Spectroscopy / Imaging / Diagnostics / Measurements Laser Systems and Markets Medical Applications & Safety Thermal Transportation Nanomaterials and Nanoprocessing Laser applications in Microelectronics.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Optics

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.05LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

3.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.65LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

43LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

77OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,015OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.17OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

24.34%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

148LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

Laser Institute of America

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

1988

ISSN

1042-346X

Electronic ISSN

1938-1387

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub