Invited by Prof. Songnan Qu, a talk titled “Light is beyond a journal” by Dr. Ying Zhang was shared to IAPME members on 18 December 2024. Dr. Ying Zhang is the Director of Light Publishing Group at Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester during 2017-2018. Dr. Zhang currently serves as the executive editor-in-chief of Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays as well as scientific editor of Light: Science & Applications.
Dr. Zhang was elected as young talents of China Science and Technology Journal Excellence Action Plan, outstanding talents in the field of journal publishing by Chinese Academy of Sciences, high-level talents of Jilin Province. He won the first prize and outstanding contribution award of project supported by STM Journal Society, CAS. He participated in organizing and editing Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications (2nd Ed.) published by CRC, Taylor & Francis Group, as well as collection Publishing Ethics of STM Periodicals organized by China Association for Science and Technology.
During the talk, Dr. Zhang firstly introduced the world-class journal Light: Science & Applications, co-published by CIOMP, CAS and Springer Nature, ranked among the top three optical journals over the past decade with the latest impact factor of 20.6. Then, Dr. Zhang introduced the basic situation, publishing practices, and brand development strategy of the Light-brand journal cluster, which is led by the world-class journal Light: Science & Applications, supported by the Light sister journals, and backed by high-quality Chinese journals.
Finally, Dr. Zhang discussed with the audiences by sharing how to write high quality manuscript and improve the acceptance of submission and encouraged researchers to submit their latest groundbreaking scientific research results to Light: Science & Applications.
