Fourth Place from 82 Journals: Worth the Effort

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Successful new forum for optics and photonics: Impact factor of 8.5 for “Light: Science & Applications”

The journal „Light: Science & Applications“ (LSA) was rated with an impact factor of 8.476 by the Journal Citation Report in July. Co-executive editor-in-chief Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kaierle, who is also department head at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH), has been with the open access journal of the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) since its foundation in 2012.

In Thomson Reuters ranking LSA came fourth among 82 journals in the field of optics.

Fourth place from 82 journals: “Worth the effort”

“The journal’s high ranking shows that the work of the last few years was worth the effort”, says Stefan Kaierle, head of the Materials and Processes Department at the LZH.

In July, Stefan Kaierle was confirmed as co-exec editor-in-chief of “Light: Science & Applications” at the editorial board meeting held at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), China. He stated: “With this magazine we were able to establish a successful forum for international research in the fields of optics and photonics. I am pleased to be able to continue this work.”

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Caption figure 1: Prof. Jianlin Cao, editor-in-chief of the magazine „Light: Science and Applications“ and vice-minister of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), confirms Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kaierle, department head at the LZH, as the co-exec editor-in-chief. Photo: CIOMP

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