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A society-owned journal publishing high quality research on all aspects of photochemistry and photobiology. The scope of Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences includes: Applied photochemistry; Atmospheric photochemistry; Bioluminescence; Chronobiology; DNA repair; Energy transfer; Environmental photobiology; Environmental photochemistry; Excited state properties; Laser photochemistry; Luminescence; Mechanistic photochemistry; Organic and inorganic photochemistry; Photocarcinogenesis Photochemical kinetics; Photochemistry of biomolecules; Photochemotherapy; Photochromism; Photodegradation; Photodermatology; Photoelectrochemistry; Photoimaging; Photoimmunology; Photomedicine; Photomorphogenesis; Photomovement; Photoprotection; Photoreception; Photosensitization; Photosynthesis; Phototechnology; Phototherapy; Phototoxicity; Solar energy utilization; Spectroscopy; Spectroscopy of biological systems; Supramolecular photochemistry; Synthetic photochemistry; Theoretical photochemistry;UV and visible radiation effects and vision.

Photochemistry and Photobiology publishes original research articles and reviews on current topics in photoscience. Topics span from the primary interaction of light with molecules, cells, and tissue to the subsequent biological responses, representing disciplinary and interdisciplinary research in the fields of chemistry, physics, biology, and medicine. Photochemistry and Photobiology is the official journal of the American Society for Photobiology.

The journal is a forum for new information about the direct and distant effects of electromagnetic radiation (ultraviolet, visible and infrared) mediated through skin. The divisions of the editorial board reflect areas of specific interest: aging, carcinogenesis, immunology, instrumentation and optics, lasers, photodynamic therapy, photosensitivity, pigmentation and therapy. Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine includes original articles, reviews, communications and editorials. Original articles may include the investigation of experimental or pathological processes in humans or animals in vivo or the investigation of radiation effects in cells or tissues in vitro. Methodology need have no limitation; rather, it should be appropriate to the question addressed. Thus, all contemporary physiologic, microscopic, and biochemical methodologies are welcomed. Review articles, including new trends, are ordinarily solicited by the editors, although we invite suggestions from all readers. Communications are intended for the reporting of a special observation, either clinical or experimental, to address an hypothesis, to make a single point, or to pose a question.

Official Journal of the European Platform for Photodynamic Medicine Affiliated with the International Photodynamic AssociationAlso affiliated with the British Medical Laser Associationand the Polish Society for Photodynamic MedicineFIRST IMPACT FACTOR (2010): 2.302NOW INDEXED in SciSearch/Science Citation Index Expanded, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.NOW INCLUDED in MEDLINE/PubMed.Aims and Scope:Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy is an international journal for the dissemination of scientific knowledge and clinical developments of Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy in all medical specialties. The journal publishes original articles, review articles, case presentations, "how-to-do-it" articles, Letters to the Editor, short communications and relevant images with short descriptions. All submitted material is subject to a strict peer-review process.Electronic usage:An increasing number of readers access the journal online via ScienceDirect, one of the world's most advanced web delivery systems for scientific, technical and medical information.Average monthly article downloads for this journal: 3,962** Figure is a monthly average of full-text articles downloaded from ScienceDirect between October 2012 and October 2013

Photon Science is a highly interdisciplinary open access journal focusing on, but not limited to, scientific studies of chemical transformation and energy materials based on photon, electron, and neutron facilities. The word "photon" here is representative of particles in modern scientific facilities.Photon Science also reports breakthroughs in instrumentation, methodology, and big-data research with demonstrations or potential for chemistry and material science.

Photon Science welcomes submissions on topics such as, but not limited to:

• Chemical and material science based on modern particle facilities including synchrotron radiation, free-electron laser, high-power ultrafast laser, electron, and neutron sources.
• Fundamental photon science for understanding photon-matter, electron-matter, and neutron-matter interactions for studying structural, chemical, and physical properties in both experimental and theoretical disciplines.
• Energy research based on photon science, including catalysis, batteries, fuel cells, and photovoltaics.
• Technological material research based on photon science, including lithography, semiconductors, magnetic, multiferroic, organic, and extreme-condition materials.
• Life science research based on photon science, including structures of subcellular structures, living cells and tissues, as well as their interactions and functions.
• Materials and devices for photon science applications, including photonics, plasmonics, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, optoelectronics, detectors, and sensors.
• Instrumentation developments, demonstrations, and milestones of large photon, electron, and neutron science facilities.
• Methodology for processing and analyzing photon science data, including real-time big data processing, database, autonomous experiments, theoretical calculations, computing simulations, and machine learning algorithms.

Photon Science is an open access journal. APCs for publication will be waived for all manuscripts accepted before Dec 31, 2027 after robust peer review.

This journal publishes papers involving optical communication networks. Coverage includes network and system technologies; network and system architectures; network access and control; network design, planning, and operation; interworking; and application design for an optical infrastructureThis journal publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed papers presenting research results, major achievements, and trends involving all aspects of optical network communications. Among the topics explored are transport, access, and customer premises networks; local, regional, and global networks; transoceanic and undersea networks; optical transparent networks; WDM, HWDM, and OTDM networks and more.

optical fiber sensors, planar waveguide sensors, laser-based sensors, biophotonic sensors

biomedical optics and medical optics, Nanotechnology and nanostructures in optics, Photonic materials and technology, Optical communications and systems, Nonlinear and ultrafast optics, biophotonics

The Optical Society (OSA) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in its portfolio of journals, which serve the full breadth of the optics and photonics community.

Co-published by The Optical Society (OSA) and Chinese Laser Press (CLP) at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Photonics Research disseminates fundamental and applied research progress in optics and photonics.

The Journal is:

• Published in English
• Open Access online with subscription-based print edition available in China
• Published monthly
• Professional composition and timely publication
• Accessible in the OSA Publishing platform and the Chinese Laser Press OpticsJournal.net platform

Topics include, but are not limited to, lasers, LEDs and other light sources; fiber optics and optical communications; imaging, detectors and sensors; novel materials and engineered structures; optical data storage and displays; plasmonics; quantum optics; diffractive optics and guided optics; medical optics and biophotonics; ultraviolet and x-rays; terahertz technology.

Including metamaterialsThis journal establishes a dedicated channel for physicists, material scientists, chemists, engineers and computer scientists who are interested in photonics and nanostructures, and especially in research related to photonic crystals, photonic band gaps and metamaterials. The Journal sheds light on the latest developments in this growing field of science that will see the emergence of faster telecommunications and ultimately computers that use light instead of electrons to connect components.A special section on metamaterials inherits the tradition of Metamaterials journal (www.journals.elsevier.com/metamaterials) and covers a broad range of research on artificial electromagnetic materials and surfaces in microwave and optical range, including their fabrication and applications.The Journal features mainly original research work in experiment, theory and applications. Papers suitable for publication cover topics such as:• Theory of photonic crystals and related micro- and nanophotonic materials• Investigation and characterization of photonic crystal properties including optical nonlinearities, photonic band gap effects, spontaneous emission, etc.• Fabrication of photonic structures and devices using various methods, including lithography, self-assembly, holography, etc.• Subwavelength optics of structured materials• Metallic and metallo-dielectric photonic structures• Structures for Terahertz optics• Plasmonics• Metamaterials and left-handed metamaterials• Chiral and bianisotropic media• Periodic electromagnetic structures• Frequency selective surfaces• High-impedance surfaces• Metamaterials for antenna and circuit technology• Metamaterial-based devices• Acoustic and elastic metamaterials• Photonic crystal fibers and "holey" fibers• Micro- and nanophotonic devices such as optical waveguides, switches, lasers, and other components of optical integrated circuits• Integration of photonic crystals• Micro-optical-electro-mechanical-systems (MOEMS)• Optical microcavities and photonic "dots"• Novel approaches to micro- and nanophotonics• Critical assessment of new application fields (light sources, lasers, biophotonics, detectors, optical components, atom and molecule confinement).