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Fees and funding

Article-processing charges

The publication costs for eLight are covered by Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge.

Annual Journal Metrics

Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 27.2
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 27.2
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 7.550
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 8.650

Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 3
Submission to acceptance (median days): 69

Usage 2023
Downloads: 250,126
Altmetric mentions: 775

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