eLight

Springer · Singapore · Est. 2021

ISSN2662-8643

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

7.423

H-Indexi

SNIPi

6.65

Total Worksi

126

Total Citationsi

6,750

2yr Mean Citednessi

16.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Optics; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications126

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-8643

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

951

2021

2.5k

2022

2.7k

2023

1.1k

2024

475

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.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ1

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Optics

Scopus Categories

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPhotonic and Optical DevicesNeural Networks and Reservoir ComputingPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsTopological Materials and PhenomenaAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesQuantum Information and CryptographyAdvanced Optical Imaging Technologies

Frequently asked questions about eLight

Is eLight a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for eLight: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 eLight?

eLight 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 16.20.

Is eLight indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

eLight is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of eLight?