Laser & Photonics Reviews

Laser & Photonics Reviews is an international journal on photonics and optics published by Wiley-VCH of Germany. Founded in 2007 and now running at 24 issues a year, it carries print ISSN 1863-8880 and electronic ISSN 1863-8899, reports a 2025 impact factor of 9.7, and is managed by professional in-house editors.Laser & Photonics Reviews 是德国威立出版社出版的光子学与光学国际期刊，2007 年创刊，现为每年 24 期，印刷版编号 1863-8880、电子版编号 1863-8899，2025 年影响因子为 9.7，由出版方内部专业编辑管理。^[1]

Scope

• Scope: the journal publishes top-quality reviews, original research articles and perspectives covering the current range of photonics and optics, both theoretical and experimental, from recent breakthrough research to specific developments and novel applications.学科定位： 发表光子学与光学领域高质量的综述、原创研究论文与观点文章，覆盖理论与实验，从突破性研究到具体发展与新应用。^[1]
• Topics: the journal lists 34 main areas of interest, including photonic materials and metamaterials, nanophotonics, quantum photonics and quantum technologies, silicon photonics, ultrafast photonics, plasmonics, nonlinear optics, fibre lasers and fibre optics, biophotonics and biomedical optics, and optical imaging and communications.收录主题： 官方列出 34 个主要兴趣方向，含光子材料与超材料、纳米光子学、量子光子学与量子科技、硅光子学、超快光子学、等离子体激元、非线性光学、光纤激光与光纤光学、生物光子学与生物医学光学、光学成像与光通信。
• Article types: reviews, original research articles and perspectives.文章体裁： 综述、原创研究论文与观点文章三类。
• Publishing model: hybrid, with authors able to choose an open access route for an article processing charge.出版模式： 混合开放获取，作者可选开放获取路径并支付版面费。^[2]
• Indexing and metrics: covered by the SCIE, Scopus, Current Contents, INSPEC and CAS, with a 2025 impact factor of 9.7.收录与指标： 被 SCIE、Scopus、Current Contents、INSPEC 与 CAS 收录，2025 年影响因子 9.7。

History

• Founded: the journal was founded in 2007, the publisher noting more than 15 years of publishing outstanding science, and it initially carried reviews only.创刊： 2007 年创刊，官方称已出版杰出科学逾 15 年，创刊初期只发综述。^[3]
• Content expansion: from 2012 the journal added original research articles and letter-type papers alongside reviews.内容扩展： 2012 年起在综述之外增发原创研究论文与快报类文章。
• Founding editor: the official editorial advisory board page names Hans A. Bachor, of the Australian National University, as founding editor.创刊编辑： 官方编辑顾问委员会页列 Hans A. Bachor 为创刊编辑，任职于澳大利亚国立大学。
• Title history: no renaming on record, the title Laser & Photonics Reviews has been in use since 2007.更名史： 无更名记录，创刊至今沿用 Laser & Photonics Reviews 刊名。

Editors

• Editorial structure: the journal has no academic editor-in-chief and is managed by professional in-house editors at Wiley, with all editors responsible for peer review and editorial decision-making holding research backgrounds and doctorates, the current editor being Katja Paff.编辑体制： 刊物不设学术型主编，由威立出版社内部专业编辑管理，所有负责同行评审与编辑决策的编辑均有研究背景并持有博士学位，官方显示现任编辑为 Katja Paff。^[4]
• Editorial advisory board: an advisory board that does not take part in review decisions, with public members including founding editor Hans A. Bachor, Andrea Alù of the City University of New York in the United States, Roel Baets of Ghent University in Belgium and Jeremy J. Baumberg of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.编辑顾问委员会： 设编辑顾问委员会但不参与审稿决策，公开成员含创刊编辑 Hans A. Bachor、美国纽约市立大学的 Andrea Alù、比利时根特大学的 Roel Baets 与英国剑桥大学的 Jeremy J. Baumberg 等。
• Publisher: published by Wiley-VCH of Weinheim in Germany, within the Wiley physics journal family.出版方： 由德国 Weinheim 的威立出版社出版，属威立物理刊物群。
• Submission and review: submissions go through Editorial Manager, with peer review supervised by the in-house editors.投稿与评审： 经 Editorial Manager 系统投稿，同行评审由内部编辑监督。
• Citation format: the official citation guide specifies the abbreviated title Laser Photonics Rev.引用格式： 官方引用指南指定缩写刊名为 Laser Photonics Rev.。