Light-Advanced Manufacturing

Light: Advanced Manufacturing is a peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal published by the Light Publishing Group in China, founded in 2020 as the sister journal of Light: Science & Applications, devoted to innovative research in light-based advanced manufacturing, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 10.2《光：先进制造》（Light: Advanced Manufacturing）是中国（Light Publishing Group）出版的同行评审钻石开放获取期刊，2020 年创刊，为（Light: Science & Applications）的姊妹刊，致力于发表光基先进制造领域的创新研究，2025 年影响因子为 10.2。

Scope

• The journal publishes innovative research in all modern areas of light-based manufacturing, covering fundamental and applied research as well as industrial innovations, and aims to bridge the gap between technologies and the market该刊发表光基制造各现代领域的创新研究，涵盖基础研究、应用研究与产业创新，致力于弥合技术与市场之间的鸿沟。
• Topics of interest include metrology and standards, detection and sensing, characterization and in-situ measurement, advanced semiconductor manufacturing, extreme manufacturing and metrology, and micro and nano manufacturing technologies关注主题包括计量与标准、探测与感知、表征与原位测量、先进半导体制造、极端制造与计量以及微纳制造技术。
• Further areas cover laser processing and manufacturing, flexible optoelectronics technologies, photonic integration technologies, AI-assisted photonics, terahertz and infrared technologies, space optics technologies, and light field display and manipulation technologies其他方向涵盖激光加工与制造、柔性光电子技术、光子集成技术、AI 辅助光子学、太赫兹与红外技术、空间光学技术以及光场显示与调控技术。
• The scope also spans mesoscopic imaging, atomic-scale manufacturing, additive manufacturing technologies, design and fabrication of advanced materials, digital production technologies, precision instruments, large optics fabrication and testing, energy harvesting and storage technologies, and the manufacturing of functional surfaces范围亦包括介观成像、原子级制造、增材制造技术、先进材料设计与制造、数字化生产技术、精密仪器、大型光学元件制造与检测、能量收集与存储技术以及功能性表面制造。
• The journal publishes peer-reviewed Articles, Letters and Review Articles, while News & Views pieces are commissioned by prior arrangement and are not peer-reviewed该刊发表经同行评审的文章（Article）、快讯（Letter）与综述，（News & Views）栏目文章为事先邀稿且不经同行评审。
• It is a sister journal of Light: Science & Applications, is sponsored by the Jihua Laboratory in Foshan, Guangdong, and is run in close cooperation with the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences该刊是（Light: Science & Applications）的姊妹刊，由广东佛山季华实验室主办，并与中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所密切合作办刊。
• As a diamond open access journal it charges no fee to authors or readers, applies a Creative Commons Attribution licence, and is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus, DOAJ, CSCD, CSTPCD and CNKI作为钻石开放获取期刊，该刊对作者与读者均不收费，采用知识共享署名（CC BY）许可，并被（ESCI）、（Scopus）、（DOAJ）、（CSCD）、（CSTPCD）与（CNKI）收录。

History

• The journal was founded in 2020 as a sister research journal of Light: Science & Applications, published by the Light Publishing Group and sponsored by the Jihua Laboratory in Foshan该刊于 2020 年创刊，是（Light: Science & Applications）的姊妹研究期刊，由（Light Publishing Group）出版、佛山季华实验室主办。
• It launched as a diamond open access journal, free of charge for both authors and readers, under a Creative Commons Attribution licence该刊创刊即为钻石开放获取期刊，对作者与读者双向免费，采用知识共享署名（CC BY）许可。
• The founding co-editors-in-chief were Jianlin Cao, Wolfgang Osten, Lianshan Yan and Xinhua Wu, and by 2024 Liang Gao had taken the fourth co-editor-in-chief seat创刊共同主编为（Jianlin Cao）、（Wolfgang Osten）、（Lianshan Yan）与（Xinhua Wu），至 2024 年第四席共同主编已由（Liang Gao）担任。
• Its impact factor stood at 10.6 for 2024 and 10.2 for 2025, and it holds a Q1 position in the Optics category of the Journal Citation Reports within the Emerging Sources Citation Index其影响因子 2024 年为 10.6、2025 年为 10.2，在（JCR）光学类目（（ESCI）数据库）居 Q1 区。
• It was selected into the 2025 list of world-class sci-tech journals and the High-Starting-Point New Journal project of the Chinese Science and Technology Journals Excellence Action Plan, with cumulative project funding reported at over 1.9 million yuan该刊入选 2025 年度世界一流科技期刊目录与中国科技期刊卓越行动计划高起点新刊项目，累计项目资助超过 190 万元。
• Crossref records the journal under EISSN 2831-4093 for content from 2022 onwards and under the earlier ISSN 2689-9620 for content from 2019 to 2021（Crossref）记录显示，该刊 2022 年以来的内容使用（EISSN）2831-4093，2019 至 2021 年的内容使用早期（ISSN）2689-9620。

Editors

• The journal is led by four co-editors-in-chief: Jianlin Cao of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Wolfgang Osten of the Institute of Applied Optics at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, Lianshan Yan of Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, and Liang Gao of Huazhong University of Science and Technology该刊由 4 位共同主编领导：中国科学技术部的（Jianlin Cao）、德国（University of Stuttgart）应用光学研究所的（Wolfgang Osten）、成都（Southwest Jiaotong University）的（Lianshan Yan）以及（Huazhong University of Science and Technology）的（Liang Gao）。
• The editorial board listed on the journal site is highly international, with members from China, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Russia, Japan, France, Singapore, Belgium, India and Bulgaria, including industry experts from ZEISS, ASML and Huawei期刊官网所列编委会高度国际化，成员来自中国、德国、美国、英国、荷兰、俄罗斯、日本、法国、新加坡、比利时、印度与保加利亚等国，亦包括来自（ZEISS）、（ASML）与（Huawei）等产业界的专家。
• The editorial offices are located in Changchun at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics and in Foshan at the Jihua Laboratory该刊编辑部设于长春（长春光学精密机械与物理研究所）与佛山（季华实验室）两地。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the ScholarOne Manuscript system and undergo single anonymous peer review, with professional copyediting and typesetting provided by the publisher稿件通过（ScholarOne Manuscript）系统投稿并接受单匿名同行评审，出版方提供专业文字编辑与排版服务。
• The journal awards its most influential papers at the Annual Light Conference and supports young entrepreneurs in disseminating their products该刊在年度（Light Conference）上评选最具影响力论文，并支持青年创业者传播其产品。