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Light: Advanced Manufacturing

Light Publishing Group · China · Est. 2019

ISSN2689-9620eISSN2831-4093

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

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.13

H-Indexi

SNIPi

3.326

Total Worksi

327

Total Citationsi

5,006

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Light: Advanced Manufacturing (LAM) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of advanced manufacturing, with a particular focus on optics and photonics. The journal covers topics such as nanomanufacturing, microfabrication, laser processing, additive manufacturing, metrology, and advanced materials for manufacturing applications. LAM aims to provide a platform for researchers to share their latest findings and contribute to the advancement of manufacturing technologies.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 63 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications327

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Light Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2689-9620 / 2831-4093

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

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

102

2019

2020

1.9k

2021

1.4k

2022

1.2k

2023

763

2024

282

2025

117

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 EngineeringQ1

InstrumentationQ1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Metals and AlloysQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Optics

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMaterials Science (miscellaneous)InstrumentationMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photonic and Optical DevicesDigital Holography and MicroscopyLaser Material Processing TechniquesOptical measurement and interference techniquesAdvanced Optical Imaging TechnologiesNonlinear Optical Materials StudiesMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchAdvanced Surface Polishing TechniquesAdvanced optical system design

Frequently asked questions about Light: Advanced Manufacturing

Is Light: Advanced Manufacturing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Light: Advanced Manufacturing: 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 Light: Advanced Manufacturing?

Light: Advanced Manufacturing 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 3.89.

Is Light: Advanced Manufacturing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Light: Advanced Manufacturing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.