AIP Publishing (AIPP) has announced a publishing partnership with Hebei University of Technology to develop Harmonics and Scattering (HAS), an international, peer-reviewed diamond open access journal focused on harmonics and scattering technologies. The journal will open for submissions in December 2025, with its first issue scheduled for March 2026.
Harmonics and Scattering is intended as a platform for work spanning optics, photonics, materials science, and applied physics, linking fundamental physical sciences with technological applications. The journal will publish original research articles and reviews in areas that include harmonic generation and propagation; light, electron, and particle scattering; nonlinear optical phenomena and technology; quantum and classical models of harmonic generation; scattering techniques for material characterization; harmonic and scattering materials; optical enhancement technologies; frequency conversion and mixing; and applications and industrial implementations of harmonic and scattering technologies.
As a diamond open access publication, HAS will be free to read worldwide and will not charge article processing charges (APCs) to authors. The journal will be led by Zhiwei Lü, Director of the Center for Advanced Laser Technology (CALT) at Hebei University of Technology and Deputy Director of the Laser Professional Committee of the Chinese Optical Society.
The partnership is positioned to support global collaboration and open access by enabling researchers to share work without financial or geographic barriers. The journal aims to publish research and reviews across scattering technology, harmonic generation, and related interdisciplinary applications in photonic devices, high-energy physics, spectroscopy, and materials science, with a focus on light–matter interaction and its technological implications.
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