About the journal
Light: Science & Applications is an open-access journal published by Nature Publishing Group in United Kingdom, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 3,190 EUR. Declared review time at DOAJ: 20 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- ISSN
- 2095-5545 · 2047-7538
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 3,190 EUR
- Articles in DOAJ
- 2002
- Declared review time
- 20 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://www.nature.com/lsa/
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2014-07-09
- PUBMED · 2017-05-05
- Indexing
- DOAJ · PUBMED
- APC
- 3,190 EUR
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 20 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
2002
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
20weeks
Works in OpenAlex
2780
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
209
i10-index
1906
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy13
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-03-17
- Added to DOAJ
- 2014-07-09
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSLOCKSSPortico
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 97%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 94%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- Light, science and applicationsLSA
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 101610753
Classification4
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Show all subjects (50)
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
- Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Digital Holography and Microscopy
- Digital Holography and Microscopy
- Random lasers and scattering media
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Random lasers and scattering media
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
- Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- 2D Materials and Applications
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- Optical Network Technologies
- Optical Network Technologies
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
- Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Keywords (DOAJ)
- optics
- photonics
- optoelectronics
- optical materials
- medical optics
- green photonics
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