Journal of Luminescence

Journal of Luminescence is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 3 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Glass properties and applications and Solid State Laser Technologies, together about 37% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Luminescence is an interdisciplinary journal of research on the excited state processes on condensed matter. The journal provides a means of communication between scientists in different disciplines who share a common interest in the electronic excited states of molecular, ionic and covalent systems, whether crystalline, amorphous, or liquid. Submissions in the traditional areas of optical spectroscopy (absorption, magnetic circular dichroism, luminescence, Raman scattering, radiative & non-radiative relaxation) are welcome. Papers on applications (phosphors, scintillators, photochromism, electro- and cathodo-luminescence, radiography, bioimaging, solar energy, energy conversion, etc.) are also welcome if they present results of scientific, rather than only technological interests.The journal publishes topics including but not limited to: exciton and polariton dynamics, dynamics of localized excited states, energy and charge transport in ordered and disordered systems, vibronic interactions in electronic excited states, photophysics and photochemistry in condensed systems, excited state resonance, spin dynamics, hole burning, coherent processes in excited states, multiphoton processes, optical bistability and new techniques for the study of excited states.The journal does not accept submissions containing purely theoretical results not related to excited-state phenomena, reporting new measurements without contribution for understanding excited-state phenomena, or using luminescence spectroscopy to perform merely analytical chemistry or biochemistry procedures. Some exceptions will be possible at the discretion of the editors.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Optics

Editor-in-chief Xueyuan ChenPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 16%); most named Mainland China 5, France 5, Netherlands 5, Hong Kong, China 2, United States 2 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

3.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

3.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

7.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

7.4Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.56LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.83LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

104LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

159OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

11,487OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.8OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

8.94%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

552LetPub · 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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 4.4 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

62.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

23 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to acceptance

60 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

1 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

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.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Elsevier

Country or region

NETHERLANDS

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1970

ISSN

0022-2313

Electronic ISSN

1872-7883

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website