Dear readers,
In your hands is the first issue of the volume 5 of the journal Laser Physics
Letters. So, LPL enters its fifth year of publication. During this time, LPL has
become one of the leading journals in the field of laser physics and related topics.
The permanently rising impact factor confirms the high level reached by LPL.
This success is, first of all, due to the high level of articles from researchers of
about 51 countries, who have contributed to the journal. We are grateful to all
authors and readers for their support.
The Editorial Board, on their side, tries to do all in order to guarantee that LPL
would further move to the leading position. The process of peer refereeing takes
around three days on average. Efficient work of the Editorial Staff allows the
online publication of an accepted article two weeks after acceptance. Since that
time, the article becomes accessible on the website and can be cited, getting
a DOI classification. Such a fast processing is certainly of great importance,
especially in the case of priority reasons.
Laser Physics Letters has a section of brief review invited articles, which are written by the top scientists in the field.
These articles provide a concise survey of the most hot topics and could be useful for advanced researchers as well as for
students.
It is worth mentioning that LPL is one of the organizers of the annual International Laser Physics Workshops. This 2007
year Workshop was held in Leon, Mexico. And the next 2008 year Workshop will be held in Trondheim, Norway. We
invite all authors and readers of LPL to participate in the Workshop in Trondheim.
Sincerely Yours,
Pavel P. Pashinin