New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics, Applied

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Average citations
1 Nano-Micro Letters47.322
2 Nature Photonics36.223
3 Nature Materials35.620
4 Advanced Materials33.002
5 Nano Energy31.486
6 Advanced Energy Materials29.013
7 Nature Reviews Physics27.833
8 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.459
9 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.483
10 Advanced Functional Materials20.839
11 Nano Convergence20.381
12 PRX Quantum17.789
13 Applied Physics Reviews15.843
14 Nano Research15.014
15 Small13.418
16 Nano Letters13.413
17 Progress in Photovoltaics13.397
18 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.333
19 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.235
20 Applied Surface Science12.760
21 npj Quantum Information12.589
22 Journal of Materiomics12.159
23 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.907
24 Surface & Coatings Technology10.818
25 Nanomaterials10.643
26 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.204
27 Materials Today Physics10.086
28 npj Quantum Materials9.884
29 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER9.611
30 ACS Photonics9.258
31 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing8.901
32 Optics and Laser Technology8.662
33 Diamond and Related Materials8.576
34 APL Photonics8.129
35 APL Materials8.057
36 Advanced Electronic Materials7.974
37 Vacuum7.661
38 Physical Review Applied7.578
39 IEEE Sensors Journal7.283
40 Materials7.282
41 Micromachines7.151
- Nanoscale7.151
43 Nano Futures7.061
44 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A6.867
45 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal6.775
46 Journal of Materials Chemistry C6.718
47 Coatings6.469
48 Electronics6.365
49 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience6.317
50 Organic Electronics6.207
51 Infrared Physics & Technology6.172
52 Microelectronic Engineering6.117
53 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics6.092
54 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices6.045
55 Applied Sciences-Basel5.926
56 Applied Physics Letters5.890
57 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology5.784
58 Superconductor Science & Technology5.685
59 International Journal of Modern Physics B5.547
60 Current Applied Physics5.364
61 MRS Bulletin5.309
62 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing5.269
63 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves5.183
64 Nanotechnology5.165
65 Modern Physics Letters B5.142
66 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation5.137
67 Applied Physics Express5.039
68 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4.958
69 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics4.957
70 Materials Letters4.931
71 IEEE Photonics Journal4.906
72 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics4.905
73 International Journal of Thermophysics4.853
74 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems4.773
75 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.640
76 Granular Matter4.630
77 Journal of Electronic Materials4.571
78 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering4.543
79 Thin Solid Films4.505
80 Journal of Applied Physics4.486
81 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology4.427
82 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology4.395
83 Microelectronics Reliability4.378
84 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology4.352
85 Journal of Photonics for Energy4.268
86 Surfaces and Interfaces4.266
87 European Physical Journal E4.216
88 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics4.196
89 Journal of Crystal Growth4.109
90 Plasma Processes and Polymers4.014
91 Philosophical Magazine Letters3.903
92 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A3.875
93 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology3.849
94 Journal of Computational Electronics3.726
95 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering3.649
96 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems3.633
97 Cryogenics3.566
98 Journal of Laser Applications3.518
99 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3.478
100 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.462
101 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering3.393
102 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism3.294
103 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability3.258
104 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.201
105 Solid-State Electronics3.025
106 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics3.005
107 Review of Scientific Instruments2.988
108 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing2.950
109 AIP Advances2.891
110 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.745
111 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials2.734
112 Metrologia2.716
113 Journal of Low Temperature Physics2.707
114 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology2.659
115 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics2.596
116 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science2.526
117 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.511
118 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B2.510
119 Laser Physics Letters2.461
120 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications2.386
121 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India2.383
122 Philosophical Magazine2.180
123 Laser Physics2.128
124 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay2.127
125 IEEE Magnetics Letters1.935
126 Science of Advanced Materials1.860
127 High Temperature1.829
128 Journal of Nano Research1.818
129 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics1.754
130 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.723
131 Laser and Particle Beams1.685
132 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications1.676
133 Nano1.661
134 Integrated Ferroelectrics1.504
135 Fluctuation and Noise Letters1.468
136 Spin1.439
137 Low Temperature Physics1.382
138 Atomization and Sprays1.370
139 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics1.233
140 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics1.166
141 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics1.148
142 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics1.126
143 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science1.026
144 Technical Physics Letters0.964
145 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering0.809
146 Journal of Magnetics0.682
147 Technical Physics0.647
148 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.477
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