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Lighting Research and Technology

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1944

ISSN1477-0938

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.572

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.549

Total Worksi

2,003

Total Citationsi

34,100

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Construction & Building Technology; Optics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1944

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,003

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-0938

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.4k

2019

708

2020

884

2021

604

2022

345

2023

162

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Construction & Building TechnologyOptics

Scopus Categories

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Impact of Light on Environment and HealthBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationColor Science and ApplicationsColor perception and designVisual perception and processing mechanismsUrban Heat Island MitigationCircadian rhythm and melatoninUrban Green Space and HealthOcular and Laser Science ResearchVehicle emissions and performance

Frequently asked questions about Lighting Research and Technology

Is Lighting Research and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lighting Research and Technology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Lighting Research and Technology?

Lighting Research and Technology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.28.

Is Lighting Research and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lighting Research and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Lighting Research and Technology?