About the journal
Photonics is an open-access journal published by MDPI AG in Switzerland, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 2,400 CHF. Declared review time at DOAJ: 6 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- ISSN
- 2304-6732
- Country
- Switzerland
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 2,400 CHF
- Articles in DOAJ
- 6762
- Declared review time
- 6 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- http://www.mdpi.com/journal/photonics
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2014-06-26
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- 2,400 CHF
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 6 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
6762
Most recent article
2 months ago
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
6weeks
Works in OpenAlex
6885
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
58
i10-index
1233
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy13
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2024-04-10
- Added to DOAJ
- 2014-06-26
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSS
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSS
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 99%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 80%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 101626657
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Optical Network Technologies
- Optical Network Technologies
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
Show all subjects (50)
- Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
- Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
- Optical measurement and interference techniques
- Optical measurement and interference techniques
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
- Solid State Laser Technologies
- Solid State Laser Technologies
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Optical Coatings and Gratings
- Terahertz technology and applications
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Terahertz technology and applications
- Optical Coatings and Gratings
- Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
- Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
- Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
- Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
Keywords (DOAJ)
- biomedical optics and medical optics
- biophotonics
- optical communications and systems
- nonlinear and ultrafast optics
- nanotechnology and nanostructures in optics
- photonic materials and technology
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