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High Power Laser Science and Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 196 12 17 9
Engineering and Technology 793 7 21 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 61
Documents by Best Scientists*: 80
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 39
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.991
Impact Factor: 5.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at High Power Laser Science and Engineering?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Laser, Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasma and Amplifier. It centers on topics in Laser, with a focus on Inertial confinement fusion. The Optics study featured in it draws connections with the study of Phase (waves).

Optoelectronics research featured in High Power Laser Science and Engineering incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Pulse duration, Picosecond and Laser power scaling. The studies in Plasma featured incorporate elements of Radiation and Computational physics. The Atomic physics study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Raman scattering.

It features Fiber laser research that overlaps with concepts in Laser linewidth.

  • Laser (71.60%)
  • Optics (48.79%)
  • Optoelectronics (20.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Petawatt class lasers worldwide (371 citations)
  • Petawatt and exawatt class lasers worldwide (223 citations)
  • The Apollon 10 PW laser: experimental and theoretical investigation of the temporal characteristics (113 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at High Power Laser Science and Engineering:

The most cited papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Laser, Optics, Optoelectronics, Inertial confinement fusion and Nanosecond. The published articles tackle research in Femtosecond as part of the general discipline of Laser, however, they also discuss concepts in Class (computer programming). The journal papers about Linear particle accelerator, Free-electron laser and Chirped pulse amplification research are fields of study within Optics but they also intertwine with concepts in Optical parametric amplifier.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Laser
  • Optics
  • Electron

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Laser, Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasma and Fiber laser. Topics in Laser were tackled in line with various other fields like Beam (structure), Electron and Pulse (physics). Topics in Optics explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Crystal and Scaling.

The journal focuses on Optoelectronics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Scalability, Dispersion (optics), DUAL (cognitive architecture), Nonlinear optics and Photocathode. The journal features works in Plasma, more specifically Inertial confinement fusion, and explores their relation to disciplines like Fabrication. The journal holds forums on Fiber laser that merges themes from other disciplines such as Doppler broadening, Distortion, Cladding (fiber optics) and Spectral width.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Overview and specifications of laser and target areas at the Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory (3 citations)
  • Reflecting laser-driven shocks in diamond in the megabar pressure range (2 citations)
  • High-energy, high-repetition-rate ultraviolet pulses from an efficiency-enhanced, frequency-tripled laser (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in High Power Laser Science and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jianqiang Zhu (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Paul McKenna (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • David Neely (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wei Fan (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pu Zhou (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in High Power Laser Science and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (84 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • National University of Defense Technology (27 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • China Academy of Engineering Physics (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 24.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 56.52% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.22% of all publications and 21.74% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • All-fiberized and narrow-linewidth 5 kW power-level fiber amplifier based on a bidirectional pumping configuration

    Pengfei Ma;Hu Xiao;Wei Liu;Hanwei Zhang

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Six kilowatt record all-fiberized and narrow-linewidth fiber amplifier with near-diffraction-limited beam quality

    (2022)
    46 Citations
  • Targets with cone-shaped microstructures from various materials for enhanced high-intensity laser–matter interaction

    Tina Ebert;René Heber;Torsten Abel;Johannes Bieker

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • MTW-OPAL: a technology development platform for ultra-intense optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification systems

    J. Bromage;S.-W. Bahk;M. Bedzyk;I. A. Begishev

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Cladding-pumped Raman fiber laser with 0.78% quantum defect enabled by phosphorus-doped fiber

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • Enhancement of the laser-driven proton source at PHELIX

    J. Hornung;Y. Zobus;P. Boller;C. Brabetz

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Hyperspectral compressive wavefront sensing

    (2023)
    27 Citations
  • Laser-induced damage thresholds of ultrathin targets and their constraint on laser contrast in laser-driven ion acceleration experiments

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • High-power femtosecond laser generation from an all-fiber linearly polarized chirped pulse amplifier

    (2023)
    22 Citations
  • Greater than 2 kW all-passive fiber Raman amplifier with good beam quality

    Yizhu Chen;Tianfu Yao;Hu Xiao;Jinyong Leng

    (2020)
    21 Citations

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