Light: Science & Applications

{{Infobox journal

| title = Light: Science & Applications

| cover = LSA - Cover.jpg

| former_name =

| abbreviation = Light Sci. Appl.

| discipline = Photonics

| editor = Jianlin Cao, Xi-Cheng Zhang

| publisher = Nature Portfolio on behalf of the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics and the Chinese Optical Society

| country =

| history = 2012-present

| frequency =

| openaccess = Yes

| license = Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

| impact = 20.257

| impact-year = 2021

| ISSN = 2095-5545

| eISSN = 2047-7538

| CODEN = LSAIAZ

| JSTOR =

| LCCN =

| OCLC = 1053804242

| website = http://www.nature.com/lsa/index.html

| link1 = https://www.nature.com/lsa/research-articles

| link1-name = Online access

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Light: Science & Applications is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio on behalf of the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Optical Society.{{Cite web |title=Light: Science & Applications--中国光学学会 |url=http://www.cncos.org/cncos/journal.aspx-tid=141.htm |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.cncos.org}} It covers research on all aspects of optics. The journal was established in March 2012 and the editors-in-chief are Jianlin Cao and Xi-Cheng Zhang.{{Cite web |title=About the Editors {{!}} Light: Science & Applications |url=https://www.nature.com/lsa/editors |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.nature.com |language=en}}

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

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  • Chemical Abstracts Service{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=American Chemical Society |work=Chemical Abstracts Service |access-date=2021-08-07}}
  • Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Web of Science Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2021-08-07}}
  • Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
  • EBSCO databases{{cite MIAR |title=Light: Science & Applications |issn=2095-5545 |access-date=2021-08-07}}
  • Ei Compendex{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/engineering-village/contentdatabase-overview |title=Content/Database Overview - Compendex Source List |publisher=Elsevier |work=Engineering Village |access-date=2021-08-07}}
  • Inspec{{cite web |url=http://www.theiet.org/resources/inspec/support/docs/loj.cfm?type=pdf |title=Inspec list of journals |format=PDF |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |work=Inspec |access-date=2021-08-07}}
  • Science Citation Index Expanded
  • Scopus{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100278313 |title=Source details: Light: Science & Applications |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus Preview |access-date=2021-08-07}}

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 20.257, ranking it 3rd out of 101 journals in the category "Optics".{{cite book |year=2022 |chapter=Light: Science & Applications |title=2021 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}

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