Journal of Luminescence

The purpose of the Journal of Luminescence is to provide a means of communication between scientists in different disciplines who share a common interest in the electronic excited states of molecular, ionic and covalent systems, whether crystalline, amorphous, or liquid. We invite original papers and reviews on such subjects as: exciton and polariton dynamics, dynamics of localized excited states, energy and charge transport in ordered and disordered systems, radiative and non-radiative recombination, relaxation processes, vibronic interactions in electronic excited states, photochemistry in condensed systems, excited state resonance, double resonance, spin dynamics, selective excitation spectroscopy, hole burning, coherent processes in excited states, (e.g. coherent optical transients, photon echoes, transient gratings), multiphoton processes, optical bistability, photochromism, and new techniques for the study of excited states. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. Papers in the traditional areas of optical spectroscopy (absorption, MCD, luminescence, Raman scattering) are welcome. Papers on applications (phosphors, scintillators, electro- and cathodo-luminescence, radiography, bioimaging, solar energy, energy conversion, etc.) are also welcome if they present results of scientific, rather than only technological interest. However, papers containing purely theoretical results, not related to phenomena in the excited states, as well as papers using luminescence spectroscopy to perform routine analytical chemistry or biochemistry procedures, are outside the scope of the journal. Some exceptions will be possible at the discretion of the editors.

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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	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2000	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2001	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2002	Q1
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2003	Q1
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2004	Q1
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2005	Q1
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2006	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2007	Q1
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2008	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2009	Q1
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2010	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2011	Q2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics	2012	Q2
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	Q2
Biochemistry	1999	Q3
Biochemistry	2000	Q3
Biochemistry	2001	Q2
Biochemistry	2002	Q2
Biochemistry	2003	Q2
Biochemistry	2004	Q2
Biochemistry	2005	Q2
Biochemistry	2006	Q2
Biochemistry	2007	Q2
Biochemistry	2008	Q2
Biochemistry	2009	Q2
Biochemistry	2010	Q2
Biochemistry	2011	Q2
Biochemistry	2012	Q2
Biochemistry	2013	Q3
Biochemistry	2014	Q2
Biochemistry	2015	Q3
Biochemistry	2016	Q3
Biochemistry	2017	Q3
Biochemistry	2018	Q3
Biochemistry	2019	Q3
Biochemistry	2020	Q3
Biochemistry	2021	Q3
Biochemistry	2022	Q3
Biochemistry	2023	Q3
Biophysics	1999	Q2
Biophysics	2000	Q2
Biophysics	2001	Q2
Biophysics	2002	Q2
Biophysics	2003	Q2
Biophysics	2004	Q2
Biophysics	2005	Q2
Biophysics	2006	Q2
Biophysics	2007	Q2
Biophysics	2008	Q2
Biophysics	2009	Q2
Biophysics	2010	Q2
Biophysics	2011	Q2
Biophysics	2012	Q2
Biophysics	2013	Q2
Biophysics	2014	Q2
Biophysics	2015	Q2
Biophysics	2016	Q2
Biophysics	2017	Q2
Biophysics	2018	Q2
Biophysics	2019	Q2
Biophysics	2020	Q2
Biophysics	2021	Q2
Biophysics	2022	Q2
Biophysics	2023	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2000	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2005	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2007	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2021	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2023	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	1999	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2000	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2001	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2002	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2003	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2004	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2005	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2006	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2007	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2008	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2009	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2010	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2011	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2012	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2013	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2014	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2015	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2016	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2017	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2018	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2019	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2020	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2021	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2022	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2023	Q2

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	0.661
2000	0.659
2001	0.791
2002	0.989
2003	0.997
2004	0.956
2005	0.932
2006	0.892
2007	0.899
2008	0.956
2009	0.958
2010	0.909
2011	0.823
2012	0.832
2013	0.739
2014	0.802
2015	0.763
2016	0.714
2017	0.694
2018	0.645
2019	0.626
2020	0.652
2021	0.640
2022	0.597
2023	0.589

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	182
2000	527
2001	223
2002	187
2003	231
2004	247
2005	248
2006	302
2007	659
2008	389
2009	410
2010	432
2011	493
2012	529
2013	701
2014	820
2015	571
2016	787
2017	796
2018	863
2019	871
2020	760
2021	685
2022	860
2023	643

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	0.813
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.055
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.125
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.336
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.387
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.501
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.768
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.841
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.838
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.693
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.092
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.046
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.251
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.248
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.472
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	2.797
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.822
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.751
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.718
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	2.872
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.103
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.176
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.453
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	3.627
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.534
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.813
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.945
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.244
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.399
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.379
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.665
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.797
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.771
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.735
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.747
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.064
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.066
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.330
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.350
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.535
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.824
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.882
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.772
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.802
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.963
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	3.207
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.368
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.665
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.829
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.584
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.671
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.271
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.335
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.276
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.660
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.676
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.657
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.718
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.668
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.024
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.929
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.329
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.344
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.528
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.886
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.876
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.820
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.803
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	3.041
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	3.387
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.599
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	3.918
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.856
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	3.468

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	59
Self Cites	2000	104
Self Cites	2001	96
Self Cites	2002	105
Self Cites	2003	115
Self Cites	2004	79
Self Cites	2005	79
Self Cites	2006	73
Self Cites	2007	162
Self Cites	2008	154
Self Cites	2009	200
Self Cites	2010	224
Self Cites	2011	319
Self Cites	2012	357
Self Cites	2013	512
Self Cites	2014	711
Self Cites	2015	535
Self Cites	2016	647
Self Cites	2017	737
Self Cites	2018	814
Self Cites	2019	1095
Self Cites	2020	1104
Self Cites	2021	1017
Self Cites	2022	1054
Self Cites	2023	707
Total Cites	1999	724
Total Cites	2000	907
Total Cites	2001	1270
Total Cites	2002	1304
Total Cites	2003	1292
Total Cites	2004	1067
Total Cites	2005	1195
Total Cites	2006	1286
Total Cites	2007	1383
Total Cites	2008	2112
Total Cites	2009	2787
Total Cites	2010	3012
Total Cites	2011	2868
Total Cites	2012	3137
Total Cites	2013	3686
Total Cites	2014	4865
Total Cites	2015	5908
Total Cites	2016	5799
Total Cites	2017	6103
Total Cites	2018	6382
Total Cites	2019	7845
Total Cites	2020	8520
Total Cites	2021	9140
Total Cites	2022	8867
Total Cites	2023	8261

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	0.747
External Cites per document	2000	0.836
External Cites per document	2001	1.150
External Cites per document	2002	1.286
External Cites per document	2003	1.256
External Cites per document	2004	1.541
External Cites per document	2005	1.678
External Cites per document	2006	1.671
External Cites per document	2007	1.532
External Cites per document	2008	1.620
External Cites per document	2009	1.916
External Cites per document	2010	1.912
External Cites per document	2011	2.071
External Cites per document	2012	2.082
External Cites per document	2013	2.183
External Cites per document	2014	2.411
External Cites per document	2015	2.621
External Cites per document	2016	2.463
External Cites per document	2017	2.464
External Cites per document	2018	2.585
External Cites per document	2019	2.760
External Cites per document	2020	2.931
External Cites per document	2021	3.257
External Cites per document	2022	3.373
External Cites per document	2023	3.277
Cites per document	1999	0.813
Cites per document	2000	0.945
Cites per document	2001	1.244
Cites per document	2002	1.399
Cites per document	2003	1.379
Cites per document	2004	1.665
Cites per document	2005	1.797
Cites per document	2006	1.771
Cites per document	2007	1.735
Cites per document	2008	1.747
Cites per document	2009	2.064
Cites per document	2010	2.066
Cites per document	2011	2.330
Cites per document	2012	2.350
Cites per document	2013	2.535
Cites per document	2014	2.824
Cites per document	2015	2.882
Cites per document	2016	2.772
Cites per document	2017	2.802
Cites per document	2018	2.963
Cites per document	2019	3.207
Cites per document	2020	3.368
Cites per document	2021	3.665
Cites per document	2022	3.829
Cites per document	2023	3.584

% 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	39.56
2000	20.68
2001	32.29
2002	24.06
2003	41.13
2004	28.34
2005	26.21
2006	28.81
2007	21.40
2008	21.59
2009	22.93
2010	17.82
2011	23.12
2012	18.90
2013	23.25
2014	22.80
2015	23.47
2016	29.86
2017	26.76
2018	22.71
2019	20.67
2020	25.92
2021	23.65
2022	19.07
2023	19.44

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	2
Non-citable documents	2000	2
Non-citable documents	2001	3
Non-citable documents	2002	2
Non-citable documents	2003	3
Non-citable documents	2004	3
Non-citable documents	2005	4
Non-citable documents	2006	5
Non-citable documents	2007	5
Non-citable documents	2008	7
Non-citable documents	2009	6
Non-citable documents	2010	8
Non-citable documents	2011	6
Non-citable documents	2012	6
Non-citable documents	2013	3
Non-citable documents	2014	4
Non-citable documents	2015	6
Non-citable documents	2016	5
Non-citable documents	2017	9
Non-citable documents	2018	12
Non-citable documents	2019	17
Non-citable documents	2020	14
Non-citable documents	2021	13
Non-citable documents	2022	11
Non-citable documents	2023	9
Citable documents	1999	888
Citable documents	2000	958
Citable documents	2001	1018
Citable documents	2002	930
Citable documents	2003	934
Citable documents	2004	638
Citable documents	2005	661
Citable documents	2006	721
Citable documents	2007	792
Citable documents	2008	1202
Citable documents	2009	1344
Citable documents	2010	1450
Citable documents	2011	1225
Citable documents	2012	1329
Citable documents	2013	1451
Citable documents	2014	1719
Citable documents	2015	2044
Citable documents	2016	2087
Citable documents	2017	2169
Citable documents	2018	2142
Citable documents	2019	2429
Citable documents	2020	2516
Citable documents	2021	2481
Citable documents	2022	2305
Citable documents	2023	2296

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	533
Uncited documents	2000	544
Uncited documents	2001	474
Uncited documents	2002	427
Uncited documents	2003	421
Uncited documents	2004	223
Uncited documents	2005	253
Uncited documents	2006	263
Uncited documents	2007	316
Uncited documents	2008	432
Uncited documents	2009	438
Uncited documents	2010	465
Uncited documents	2011	347
Uncited documents	2012	350
Uncited documents	2013	327
Uncited documents	2014	356
Uncited documents	2015	395
Uncited documents	2016	420
Uncited documents	2017	389
Uncited documents	2018	398
Uncited documents	2019	412
Uncited documents	2020	382
Uncited documents	2021	361
Uncited documents	2022	284
Uncited documents	2023	338
Cited documents	1999	357
Cited documents	2000	416
Cited documents	2001	547
Cited documents	2002	505
Cited documents	2003	516
Cited documents	2004	418
Cited documents	2005	412
Cited documents	2006	463
Cited documents	2007	481
Cited documents	2008	777
Cited documents	2009	912
Cited documents	2010	993
Cited documents	2011	884
Cited documents	2012	985
Cited documents	2013	1127
Cited documents	2014	1367
Cited documents	2015	1655
Cited documents	2016	1672
Cited documents	2017	1789
Cited documents	2018	1756
Cited documents	2019	2034
Cited documents	2020	2148
Cited documents	2021	2133
Cited documents	2022	2032
Cited documents	2023	1967