Journal profile · Optics
Laser & Photonics Reviews
ISSN 1863-8880 · eISSN 1863-8899 · Wiley-VCH Verlag · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 2007
Laser & Photonics Reviews: CAS Zone 1 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 9.15; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,880; median 111 days to acceptance (129 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 1,275 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Laser & Photonics Reviews is published by Wiley-VCH Verlag and is in Zone 1 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Photonic and Optical Devices, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, together about 31.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Laser & Photonics Reviews publishes top-quality review articles, original papers and letters covering the current range of photonics and laser physics, both theoretical and experimental, from recent breakthrough research to specific developments and novel applications. Main Areas of Interest: Photonic Materials; Metamaterials; Nanophotonics; Ultrafast Photonics; Plasmonics; Quantum Photonics - Quantum Science & Technology; Silicon Photonics; Light-Matter Interaction; Synthetic Dimension; Topological Photonics; Semiconductor Photonics; Photonics of LEDs, Solar Cells and Detectors; Fibre Lasers & Fibre Optics; Sub-Wavelength Photonics; Optical Antennas; Photonics of Artificial Materials; Micro/ Nano Cavities; Laser Cooling and Ultracold Gases; Optofluidics; Optomechanics; Laser Metrology and Spectroscopy; Transformation Optics; Nanolasers; Holography; Biophotonics & Biomedical Optics; Nonlinear Optics; Optical Absorbers; Optical Coatings; Photonic Crystals; Optical Imaging; Optics in Telecommunication.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Optics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering13.5%
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsMaterials Science9.3%
- Advanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy8.8%
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchEngineering6.7%
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering5.7%
- Photonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy5.7%
- Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsMaterials Science5.3%
- Orbital Angular Momentum in OpticsPhysics and Astronomy4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Physics & Astronomy Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Condensed Matter | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Condensed Matter | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Physics & Astronomy Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Condensed Matter | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 9.15LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 180OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,576OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,146LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,117 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,167 | 338 | 815 |
| 2025 | 1,275 | 547 | 8,254 |
| 2024 | 822 | 432 | 13,830 |
| 2023 | 559 | 341 | 13,922 |
| 2022 | 379 | 113 | 14,597 |
| 2021 | 278 | 122 | 11,993 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
111 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 160 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 8 days (129 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 121 days
- Sample
- 129 articles with submission and acceptance dates (2,604 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,880 / EUR 4,030 / GBP 3,240 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1863-8880
- Electronic ISSN
- 1863-8899
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Laser & Photonics Reviews
What CAS zone is Laser & Photonics Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Laser & Photonics Reviews is in Zone 1 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Optics / Physics, Applied / Physics, Condensed Matter; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Laser & Photonics Reviews?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9.15; CiteScore 14.1, h-index 180.
How long does peer review take at Laser & Photonics Reviews?
Based on the dates recorded on 129 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 111 days (interquartile range 85–160 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Laser & Photonics Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Laser & Photonics Reviews is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Laser & Photonics Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Laser & Photonics Reviews is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,880.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .