Optics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	103
2	Light-Science & Applications	87
3	Laser & Photonics Reviews	65
4	Advanced Optical Materials	63
5	Optics and Laser Technology	62
6	Optics Express	55
7	Optical and Quantum Electronics	52
-	Optica	52
-	Optical Materials	52
10	ACS Photonics	51
11	Journal of Lightwave Technology	50
12	Optik	48
-	Photonics Research	48
14	Opto-Electronic Advances	46
15	Optics Letters	42
16	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	41
17	Advanced Photonics	39
18	Journal of Luminescence	37
19	Infrared Physics & Technology	36
20	Optics Communications	35
-	Photonics	35
22	Image and Vision Computing	34
23	APL Photonics	33
24	Displays	31
25	Biomedical Optics Express	30
-	Advanced Quantum Technologies	30
27	Optical Materials Express	29
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	29
29	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
30	Advances in Optics and Photonics	27
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	27
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	27
33	Optical Fiber Technology	25
34	Applied Optics	24
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	24
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	24
37	Journal of Biomedical Optics	23
38	Microelectronic Engineering	22
39	Neurophotonics	21
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	21
41	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
-	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	20
-	Journal of Optics	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
45	International Journal of Photoenergy	19
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	19
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	19
48	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	18
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	18
-	Chinese Optics Letters	18

-	Journal of Biophotonics	18
52	Photonic Sensors	17
-	Journal of Laser Applications	17
54	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	16
-	Optical Engineering	16
56	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	15
-	European Physical Journal D	15
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	15
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	15
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	15
-	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	15
62	Laser Physics Letters	14
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	14
64	Lighting Research & Technology	13
65	Optical Switching and Networking	12
-	Color Research and Application	12
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	12
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	12
69	Laser Physics	11
70	Photonic Network Communications	10
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
72	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	9
-	Leukos	9
-	Optical Review	9
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	9
76	Journal of Modern Optics	8
77	Journal of Nanophotonics	7
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	7
-	Journal of Optical Technology	7
80	Fiber and Integrated Optics	6
-	International Journal of Optics	6
82	Light & Engineering	5
83	Optics and Spectroscopy	4
84	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3