Nature Photonics

Nature Photonics (commonly abbreviated as Nat. Photon.) is the photonics monthly in the Nature Portfolio. Founded in 2007, it covers the generation, manipulation and detection of light in their full breadth, with a 2025 impact factor of 38.1.Nature Photonics（常用缩写 Nat. Photon.）是 Nature Portfolio 的光子学月刊，2007 年创刊，覆盖光的产生、操控与检测全领域，2025 年影响因子为 38.1。^[1]

Scope

• Scope: a monthly journal publishing top-quality peer-reviewed research in all areas of light generation, manipulation and detection, extending from the fundamental properties of light and how it interacts with matter to the latest designs of optoelectronic devices and emerging applications that exploit photons.学科定位： 月刊，发表光领域各方向的顶级同行评审研究，覆盖从光的基本性质及其与物质的相互作用，到光电器件最新设计与利用光子的新兴应用。^[2]
• Topics: light sources such as lasers and LEDs, imaging, detectors and sensors, optoelectronic devices, nanophotonics and plasmonics, quantum optics and cryptography, fibre optics and optical communications, biophotonics, and solar energy and photovoltaics.收录主题： 激光与发光二极管等光源、成像与探测器、光电器件、纳米光子学与等离子体光子学、量子光学与量子密码、光纤与光通信、生物光子学、太阳能与光伏。
• Article types: research articles, reviews, news and views, research highlights, and industry-facing analysis of technology commercialisation and markets.文章体裁： 研究论文、综述、新闻与观点、研究亮点，以及面向产业与商业的技术分析文章。
• Publishing model: hybrid, primary research may take the subscription route or gold OA, with gold OA priced at GBP 9,390, USD 12,850 or EUR 10,850.出版模式： 混合出版，原创论文可选订阅路线或 Gold OA 路线，Gold OA 收费为 9390 英镑、12850 美元或 10850 欧元。^[3]
• Indexing and metrics: covered by the SCIE and Scopus, with a 2025 impact factor of 38.1 and a five-year impact factor of 39.5.收录与指标： 被 SCIE 与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子 38.1，五年影响因子 39.5。^[4]

History

• Founded: launched in 2007, with the title and ISSNs unchanged since.创刊： 2007 年创刊，刊名与 ISSN 自创刊以来保持稳定。
• Publisher: published by Nature Portfolio within Springer Nature.出版方： 由 Springer Nature 旗下的 Nature Portfolio 出版。
• Volume count: the journal reached volume 20 in 2026.卷期规模： 2026 年已出至第 20 卷。

Editors

• Editor-in-chief: Oliver Graydon, whose PhD research concerned optical communications and who previously edited an optoelectronics trade magazine.现任主编： Oliver Graydon，博士课题研究光通信，曾任光电子行业刊物编辑。^[5]
• Other editors: four senior editors based in Madrid, Tokyo, Melbourne and Beijing, plus an associate editor in London.其他编辑： 高级编辑 4 名，分驻马德里、东京、墨尔本与北京，另设伦敦副编辑 1 名。
• Editorial board: no external academic board, all editorial decisions rest with a full-time professional editing team.编委构成： 不设外部学术编委，全部编辑决定由全职专业编辑团队作出。
• Submission and review: submissions go through Nature's tracking system under single-anonymized review by default, with an optional double-anonymized route and no presubmission enquiries.投稿与评审： 经 Nature 投稿系统递交，默认单盲评审，可选双匿名评审，不接受投稿前咨询。