Journal profile · Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Luminescence
ISSN 1522-7235 · eISSN 1522-7243 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1999
Luminescence: CAS Zone 3 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.72; subscription journal; APC about USD 3,350; median 105 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 356 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Luminescence is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, together about 25.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Luminescence provides a forum for the publication of research articles, short communications, reviews, editorials on fundamental and applied aspects of all forms of luminescence, including photoluminescence, chemiluminescence, electroluminescence, bioluminescence, sonoluminescence, mechanoluminescence, cathodoluminescence, crystalloluminescence, and cryoluminescence etc. Luminescence publishes papers broadly covering all sub-fields of optics, photonics and electromagnetics, in particular for fluorescence- and/or phosphorescence-involved material preparations, analytical methods, instrumentations, mechanistic studies, spectrum analyses, and various applications bioimaging, phototherapy, photoelectric devices, photocatalysis, optical sensing, optical detection. Luminescence also publishes details of forthcoming meetings, information on new products, and book reviews. A special feature of the journal is surveys of the recent literature on selected topics in luminescence.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Editor-in-chief Dong WangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 20%); most named United Kingdom 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1, Italy 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsMaterials Science10.6%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.7%
- Molecular Sensors and Ion DetectionChemistry7.5%
- Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMaterials Science5.9%
- Carbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsMaterials Science5.4%
- Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsEngineering5.1%
- bioluminescence and chemiluminescence researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedINSPECCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,747OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.91%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 324LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,018Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 324Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 221,832Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,423 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 236 | 116 | 101 |
| 2025 | 356 | 118 | 927 |
| 2024 | 355 | 146 | 1,868 |
| 2023 | 240 | 115 | 1,587 |
| 2022 | 263 | 18 | 3,270 |
| 2021 | 200 | 7 | 2,297 |
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
105 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 66 days – 152 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (664 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 54%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 54%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 34 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 34 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 103 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,350 / EUR 2,770 / GBP 2,270 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Article types accepted2
- research articleResearch Articles are full-length articles presenting original, high-quality research results. The vast majority of articles submitted to and published by Lumin…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles are full-length articles presenting original, high-quality research results.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Participates in Wiley Refer & Transfer program. Model summary
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potent…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing expected; data accessibility statement required. Model summary
The journal expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement in the manuscript, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy and Wiley’s Data …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
COPE member; uses iThenticate CrossCheck. Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review type: single-blind, two independent referees. Model summary
Papers are single-blind reviewed by two independent referees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1522-7235
- Electronic ISSN
- 1522-7243
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Luminescence
What CAS zone is Luminescence in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Luminescence is in Zone 3 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Analytical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Luminescence?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.72; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Luminescence?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 105 days (interquartile range 66–152 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 54% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Luminescence based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), Mainland China (1) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Luminescence?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Luminescence is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Luminescence open access, and what is the APC?
Luminescence is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,350.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .