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. 

All papers will be refereed. In order to be accepted, a paper must present some genuinely novel result of high interest to the scientific community. Authors must submit their papers through the Elsevier Editorial System, and the final responsibility for accepting or rejecting a paper rests with the editors. Every effort will be made to ensure that submitted papers are acted on promptly. Since manuscript processing time is usually determined by the reviewers' responsiveness, understanding in the case of possible delays is expected from the authors.

Original research papers and Review articles 

Editor-in-Chief
Xueyuan Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Fuzhou, China Email Xueyuan Chen
Editors
S.P. Feofilov
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
D. Poelman
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
K.-L. Wong
Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Associate Editors
L.E. Bausá
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
L.D. Carlos
Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
C. Dujardin
Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France
P. Goldner
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France
M.P. Hehlen
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
X. Liu
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
I. Scheblykin
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
L.-D. Sun
Peking University, Beijing, China
S. Tanabe
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
C. Wickleder
Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
Z. Xia
University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
Advisory Board
F. Auzel
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Meudon, France
M. Bettinelli
Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy
D.R. Gamelin
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J. Knoester
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
O. Malta
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil
A. Meijerink
Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
P. Reineker
Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany