Journal of Laser Applications

Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	1999	Q3
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2000	Q1
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2001	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2002	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2003	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2004	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2005	Q3
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2006	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2007	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2008	Q3
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2009	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2010	Q3
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2011	Q3
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2012	Q4
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2013	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2014	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2015	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2016	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2017	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2018	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2019	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2020	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2021	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2022	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2023	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	1999	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2000	Q1
Biomedical Engineering	2001	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2002	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2003	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2004	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2005	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2006	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2007	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2008	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2009	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2010	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2011	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2012	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2013	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2014	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2015	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2016	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2017	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2018	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2019	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2020	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2021	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2022	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2023	Q3
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	1999	Q3
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2000	Q1
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2001	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2002	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2003	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2004	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2005	Q3
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2006	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2007	Q3
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2008	Q3
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2009	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2010	Q3
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2011	Q3
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2012	Q4
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2013	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2014	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2015	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2016	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2017	Q1
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2018	Q1
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2019	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2020	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2021	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2022	Q2
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	2023	Q3
Instrumentation	1999	Q2
Instrumentation	2000	Q1
Instrumentation	2001	Q2
Instrumentation	2002	Q2
Instrumentation	2003	Q2
Instrumentation	2004	Q2
Instrumentation	2005	Q2
Instrumentation	2006	Q2
Instrumentation	2007	Q2
Instrumentation	2008	Q2
Instrumentation	2009	Q2
Instrumentation	2010	Q2
Instrumentation	2011	Q3
Instrumentation	2012	Q3
Instrumentation	2013	Q1
Instrumentation	2014	Q1
Instrumentation	2015	Q2
Instrumentation	2016	Q2
Instrumentation	2017	Q1
Instrumentation	2018	Q2
Instrumentation	2019	Q2
Instrumentation	2020	Q2
Instrumentation	2021	Q2
Instrumentation	2022	Q2
Instrumentation	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.388
2000	0.922
2001	0.734
2002	0.532
2003	0.519
2004	0.518
2005	0.393
2006	0.530
2007	0.483
2008	0.377
2009	0.571
2010	0.414
2011	0.318
2012	0.231
2013	0.675
2014	0.787
2015	0.518
2016	0.673
2017	0.741
2018	0.681
2019	0.525
2020	0.549
2021	0.508
2022	0.508
2023	0.422

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	41
2000	38
2001	39
2002	42
2003	47
2004	40
2005	34
2006	48
2007	39
2008	33
2009	32
2010	24
2011	32
2012	40
2013	40
2014	35
2015	90
2016	102
2017	112
2018	116
2019	143
2020	147
2021	158
2022	130
2023	169

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.720
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.730
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.943
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.180
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.881
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.910
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.881
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.080
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.994
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.087
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.403
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.283
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.906
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.686
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.523
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.882
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.088
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.039
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.861
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	2.327
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.198
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.013
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.384
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.282
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.232
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.720
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.733
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.008
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.966
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.922
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.884
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.074
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.016
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.207
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.250
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.010
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.854
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.750
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.708
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.080
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.217
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.745
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.855
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.201
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.815
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.987
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.261
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.438
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.159
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.633
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.786
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.747
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.896
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.978
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.828
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.108
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.183
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.908
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.944
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.969
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.839
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.821
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.778
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.313
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.347
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.696
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.823
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.799
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.570
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.795
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.466
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.844

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	29
Self Cites	2000	12
Self Cites	2001	15
Self Cites	2002	17
Self Cites	2003	9
Self Cites	2004	16
Self Cites	2005	15
Self Cites	2006	18
Self Cites	2007	11
Self Cites	2008	2
Self Cites	2009	11
Self Cites	2010	6
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	5
Self Cites	2013	6
Self Cites	2014	12
Self Cites	2015	20
Self Cites	2016	19
Self Cites	2017	36
Self Cites	2018	37
Self Cites	2019	83
Self Cites	2020	81
Self Cites	2021	67
Self Cites	2022	76
Self Cites	2023	99
Total Cites	1999	85
Total Cites	2000	88
Total Cites	2001	122
Total Cites	2002	119
Total Cites	2003	115
Total Cites	2004	118
Total Cites	2005	114
Total Cites	2006	130
Total Cites	2007	124
Total Cites	2008	146
Total Cites	2009	150
Total Cites	2010	105
Total Cites	2011	76
Total Cites	2012	66
Total Cites	2013	164
Total Cites	2014	233
Total Cites	2015	255
Total Cites	2016	288
Total Cites	2017	421
Total Cites	2018	669
Total Cites	2019	599
Total Cites	2020	737
Total Cites	2021	918
Total Cites	2022	1092
Total Cites	2023	939

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.475
External Cites per document	2000	0.633
External Cites per document	2001	0.877
External Cites per document	2002	0.864
External Cites per document	2003	0.891
External Cites per document	2004	0.797
External Cites per document	2005	0.767
External Cites per document	2006	0.926
External Cites per document	2007	0.926
External Cites per document	2008	1.190
External Cites per document	2009	1.158
External Cites per document	2010	0.952
External Cites per document	2011	0.831
External Cites per document	2012	0.693
External Cites per document	2013	1.646
External Cites per document	2014	1.973
External Cites per document	2015	2.043
External Cites per document	2016	1.630
External Cites per document	2017	1.696
External Cites per document	2018	2.079
External Cites per document	2019	1.564
External Cites per document	2020	1.768
External Cites per document	2021	2.096
External Cites per document	2022	2.268
External Cites per document	2023	1.931
Cites per document	1999	0.720
Cites per document	2000	0.733
Cites per document	2001	1.000
Cites per document	2002	1.008
Cites per document	2003	0.966
Cites per document	2004	0.922
Cites per document	2005	0.884
Cites per document	2006	1.074
Cites per document	2007	1.016
Cites per document	2008	1.207
Cites per document	2009	1.250
Cites per document	2010	1.010
Cites per document	2011	0.854
Cites per document	2012	0.750
Cites per document	2013	1.708
Cites per document	2014	2.080
Cites per document	2015	2.217
Cites per document	2016	1.745
Cites per document	2017	1.855
Cites per document	2018	2.201
Cites per document	2019	1.815
Cites per document	2020	1.987
Cites per document	2021	2.261
Cites per document	2022	2.438
Cites per document	2023	2.159

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	9.76
2000	10.53
2001	20.51
2002	21.43
2003	12.77
2004	10.00
2005	14.71
2006	12.50
2007	17.95
2008	9.09
2009	18.75
2010	8.33
2011	21.88
2012	17.50
2013	32.50
2014	22.86
2015	20.00
2016	23.53
2017	10.71
2018	18.97
2019	19.58
2020	19.73
2021	15.82
2022	16.15
2023	17.16

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	5
Non-citable documents	2003	9
Non-citable documents	2004	12
Non-citable documents	2005	10
Non-citable documents	2006	8
Non-citable documents	2007	6
Non-citable documents	2008	7
Non-citable documents	2009	7
Non-citable documents	2010	7
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	3
Non-citable documents	2014	2
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	5
Non-citable documents	2017	6
Non-citable documents	2018	6
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	1
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	118
Citable documents	2000	120
Citable documents	2001	122
Citable documents	2002	113
Citable documents	2003	110
Citable documents	2004	116
Citable documents	2005	119
Citable documents	2006	113
Citable documents	2007	116
Citable documents	2008	114
Citable documents	2009	113
Citable documents	2010	97
Citable documents	2011	85
Citable documents	2012	85
Citable documents	2013	93
Citable documents	2014	110
Citable documents	2015	114
Citable documents	2016	160
Citable documents	2017	221
Citable documents	2018	298
Citable documents	2019	327
Citable documents	2020	368
Citable documents	2021	403
Citable documents	2022	447
Citable documents	2023	435

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	67
Uncited documents	2000	73
Uncited documents	2001	68
Uncited documents	2002	64
Uncited documents	2003	63
Uncited documents	2004	68
Uncited documents	2005	76
Uncited documents	2006	61
Uncited documents	2007	61
Uncited documents	2008	69
Uncited documents	2009	64
Uncited documents	2010	56
Uncited documents	2011	49
Uncited documents	2012	53
Uncited documents	2013	42
Uncited documents	2014	43
Uncited documents	2015	45
Uncited documents	2016	58
Uncited documents	2017	73
Uncited documents	2018	91
Uncited documents	2019	113
Uncited documents	2020	106
Uncited documents	2021	118
Uncited documents	2022	125
Uncited documents	2023	113
Cited documents	1999	51
Cited documents	2000	47
Cited documents	2001	54
Cited documents	2002	54
Cited documents	2003	56
Cited documents	2004	60
Cited documents	2005	53
Cited documents	2006	60
Cited documents	2007	61
Cited documents	2008	52
Cited documents	2009	56
Cited documents	2010	48
Cited documents	2011	40
Cited documents	2012	35
Cited documents	2013	54
Cited documents	2014	69
Cited documents	2015	70
Cited documents	2016	107
Cited documents	2017	154
Cited documents	2018	213
Cited documents	2019	217
Cited documents	2020	265
Cited documents	2021	288
Cited documents	2022	323
Cited documents	2023	322

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	9.59
2000	4.82
2001	8.11
2002	12.90
2003	11.48
2004	14.10
2005	8.96
2006	15.96
2007	19.79
2008	12.96
2009	21.18
2010	21.67
2011	13.73
2012	16.34
2013	11.59
2014	15.45
2015	11.81
2016	18.32
2017	15.94
2018	18.65
2019	19.96
2020	23.32
2021	15.69
2022	19.52
2023	20.69

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	1
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	1
Overton	2004	0
Overton	2005	1
Overton	2006	3
Overton	2007	0
Overton	2008	4
Overton	2009	0
Overton	2010	0
Overton	2011	1
Overton	2012	1
Overton	2013	2
Overton	2014	3
Overton	2015	1
Overton	2016	2
Overton	2017	0
Overton	2018	2
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	0
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0