Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials is published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Photonic and Optical Devices and Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies, together about 32.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

This journal is devoted to the rapidly advancing research and development in the field of nonlinear interactions of light with matter. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, nonlinear optical materials, metamaterials and plasmonics, nano-photonic structures, stimulated scatterings, harmonic generations, wave mixing, real time holography, guided waves and solitons, bistabilities, instabilities and nonlinear dynamics, and their applications in laser and coherent lightwave amplification, guiding, switching, modulation, communication and information processing. Original papers, comprehensive reviews and rapid communications reporting original theories and observations are sought for in these and related areas. This journal will also publish proceedings of important international meetings and workshops. It is intended for graduate students, scientists and researchers in academic, industrial and government research institutions.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Optics

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

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Impact

Impact factor

1.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

4.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.65LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

30LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

43OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

363OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.07OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

1.12%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

61LetPub · 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)

6–12 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.

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Publisher

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd

Country or region

SINGAPORE

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

ISSN

0218-8635

Electronic ISSN

1793-6624

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub