High Power Laser Science and Engineering

High Power Laser Science and Engineering is a peer-reviewed open access journal established in 2013 as a joint venture between Cambridge University Press and the Chinese Laser Press, published online on behalf of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and covering high energy density physics, high power lasers, advanced laser technology, and applications and laser components, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.1《高功率激光科学与工程》（High Power Laser Science and Engineering）是 2013 年由（Cambridge University Press）与中国激光出版社合资创办的同行评审开放获取期刊，代表中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所在线出版，覆盖高能量密度物理、高功率激光、先进激光技术以及应用与激光元器件，2025 年影响因子为 6.1。

Scope

• The journal seeks to uncover the underlying science and engineering in four fields, namely high energy density physics, high power lasers, advanced laser technology, and applications and laser components该刊致力于揭示四个领域的底层科学与工程问题，即高能量密度物理、高功率激光、先进激光技术以及应用与激光元器件。
• High energy density physics covers inertial confinement fusion, laser-plasma interaction, equation of state and radiation hydrodynamics, as well as particle acceleration driven by intense lasers高能量密度物理涵盖惯性约束聚变、激光等离子体相互作用、物态方程与辐射流体力学，以及强激光驱动的粒子加速。
• High power lasers include solid-state, fibre and gas lasers delivering high peak or average power, together with the beam control, compression and diagnostic technologies on which they rely高功率激光包括提供高峰值或高平均功率的固体、光纤与气体激光器，以及它们依赖的光束控制、压缩与诊断技术。
• Advanced laser technology spans ultrashort pulse lasers, high repetition rate systems and precision optical engineering for large laser facilities先进激光技术涵盖超短脉冲激光、高重复频率系统以及大型激光装置所需的精密光学工程。
• Applications and laser components address materials processing, laser systems for scientific facilities, optical components and their performance under high energy operation应用与激光元器件方向涉及材料加工、科学装置用激光系统、光学元器件及其在高能量运行下的表现。
• As a gold open access journal it makes all content freely available online without charge to readers, publishes one volume per year and welcomes both research papers and invited contributions作为完全开放获取期刊，该刊所有内容对读者免费开放，每年出版一卷，既接收研究论文也接收特约稿件。

History

• The journal was formed in 2013 as a joint venture between Cambridge University Press in the United Kingdom and the Chinese Laser Press in Shanghai, China, the first English-language open access journal in China's high power laser field该刊于 2013 年由英国（Cambridge University Press）与中国上海（Chinese Laser Press）合资创办，是中国高功率激光领域第一本英文开放获取期刊。
• Its opening volume appeared in 2013, carrying papers on high energy density physics and laser technology that set the journal's research agenda其创刊卷于 2013 年问世，刊载了奠定该刊研究议程的高能量密度物理与激光技术论文。 ^[1]
• The journal carries print ISSN 2095-4719 and electronic ISSN 2052-3289 and is published on-line with one volume per year该刊印刷 ISSN 为 2095-4719，电子 ISSN 为 2052-3289，以每年一卷的方式在线出版。
• Under the stewardship of Editors-in-Chief from both China and the United Kingdom the journal has established itself as an internationally recognised publication in its field在中英两国主编的共同执掌下，该刊已在自身领域确立了国际公认的期刊地位。
• It is published on behalf of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Optical Society, with the cooperation of Cambridge University Press该刊代表中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所与中国光学学会出版，剑桥大学出版社参与合作。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 3.992 in 2021 through 5.943 in 2022 and 5.7 in 2024 to 6.1 in 2025, ranking 19th of 129 journals in optics in the first quartile其影响因子由 2021 年的 3.992 经 2022 年的 5.943 与 2024 年的 5.7 升至 2025 年的 6.1，在光学类 129 种期刊中列第 19 位、居第一分区。

Editors

• The Editors-in-Chief are Colin Danson of the Atomic Weapons Establishment and the Centre for Inertial Fusion Sciences at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, and Jianqiang Zhu of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics in China主编为英国原子武器研究院与伦敦帝国理工学院惯性聚变科学中心的（Colin Danson），以及中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所的（Jianqiang Zhu）。
• Danson is a specialist in high power laser systems and inertial fusion energy, having led major laser programmes at AWE for many years（Danson）是高功率激光系统与惯性聚变能源领域的专家，多年主持（AWE）的重大激光项目。
• Zhu is a research scientist at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics whose career has been devoted to high power laser science and engineering（Jianqiang Zhu）是中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所的研究员，长期从事高功率激光科学与工程研究。
• The dual Editors-in-Chief structure, one from each founding country, connects the Chinese and international laser research communities in a single editorial process双主编结构由两个创办国各出一人，使中国与国际激光研究界在同一编辑流程中相连。
• The editorial board draws on scientists from leading laser laboratories around the world, covering both the scientific and the engineering sides of the field编委会汇集了全球主要激光实验室的科学家，兼顾该领域的科学与工程两侧。