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Optics and Laser Technology

pISSN: 0030-3992eISSN: 1879-2545Elsevier BVUnited Kingdom
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2026 Journal Metrics Score

4.5

Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data

The Journal Metrics Score is the two-year mean citedness of a journal, computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles rank journals within each OpenAlex subfield by score. Data source: OpenAlex (CC0).

Subject Category Quartiles

Quartiles computed within each OpenAlex subfield
CategoryQuartile
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ1
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2
Computational MechanicsQ1

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Optics and Laser Technology current release and quartile

Optics and Laser Technology's 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 4.5, updated August 2026 from OpenAlex citation data. The journal is ranked Q1 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Engineering

Ranked #825 in Engineering by Journal Metrics Score and #819 among Q1 Engineering journals. This context helps compare Optics and Laser Technology against journals publishing in the same field.

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Optics and Laser Technology publication trend

Published 7,723 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current Journal Metrics Score of 4.5.

2026 vs 2025: -658
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Journal Details

OpenAlex Works
18,884
H-Index
149
Fully Open Access
No
Recent OA Works
1,487
Indicative APC
$2,720 USD
Subject Areas
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputational MechanicsElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Source: the current OpenAlex source record. OpenAlex works can include multiple work types. Fully Open Access is a source-level flag. Recent OA Works is summed from OpenAlex's counts_by_year series (up to the latest ten years); it is not a lifetime OA percentage. Any APC shown here is an indicative OpenAlex value—verify current charges on the journal's official website.

Article Volume

2022
1,146
2023
1,347
2024
1,738
2025
2,075
2026
1,417
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