Light Science & Applications 131.6k citations
2.2k papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Topics Photonic and Optical Devices Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Light Science & Applications
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55.0k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 45.6k Biomedical Engineering 40.8k Materials Chemistry 33.2k Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 32.7k Laser & Photonics Review China
ACS Photonics United States
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics United States
Reports on Progress in Physics United States
IEEE photonics journal China
Physical Review Applied China
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About Light Science & Applications The 2.2k papers published in Light Science & Applications in the last decades have received a total of 131.6k indexed citations . Papers published in Light Science & Applications usually cover Acoustics and Ultrasonics (96 papers), Biophysics (216 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.0k papers) specifically the topics of Photonic and Optical Devices (398 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (301 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (274 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Light Science & Applications are Tie Jun Cui , Qiang Cheng , Martin J. Booth , Shin‐Tson Wu , Aydogan Özcan , Jie Zhao , Ya Cheng , Xiang Wan , Koji Sugioka and Mei Qing Qi .
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