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Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing

Springer US · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2196-7237
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.527
H-Indexi
28
SNIPi
0.668
Total Worksi
339
Total Citationsi
3,546
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.99
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing provides a forum for exchanging information on the development and application of laser technology across the fields of manufacturing and materials processing. The emphasis is on innovation, enhancing fundamental understanding of laser-matter interaction, numerical modeling, new experimental methods and results, practical uses of laser beams and devices and new theoretical foundations for experimental methods. Topics covered include Laser-based Materials Processing; Laser applications in Manufacturing; In-process measurement; Modeling of laser-based processes; Hybrid processes; Control of laser materials processing and manufacturing; Laser-based Remote Sensing and System Engineering and more.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2014
Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications339
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer US
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2196-7237
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
30
690
2019
25
405
2020
27
331
2021
40
392
2022
38
248
2023
36
295
2024
54
130
2025
44
14
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.

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ2
InstrumentationQ2
Modeling and SimulationQ2
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, ManufacturingMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringInstrumentationModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Laser Material Processing TechniquesAdditive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesWelding Techniques and Residual StressesHigh Entropy Alloys StudiesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesLaser and Thermal Forming TechniquesAdvanced machining processes and optimizationAdvanced Surface Polishing TechniquesDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchMetal and Thin Film Mechanics

Frequently asked questions about Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing

Is Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing: 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 Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing?

Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing 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 2.99.

Is Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing?

Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing provides a forum for exchanging information on the development and application of laser technology across the fields of manufacturing and materials processing. The emphasis is on innovation, enhancing fundamental understanding of laser-matter interaction, numerical modeling, new experimental methods and results, practical uses of laser beams and devices and new theoretical foundations for experimental methods. Topics covered include Laser-based Materials Processing; Laser applications in Manufacturing; In-process measurement; Modeling of laser-b

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref