Physics, Applied: 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	Advanced Materials	205
2	Advanced Functional Materials	161
3	Advanced Energy Materials	140
4	Nano-Micro Letters	126
5	Nano Energy	121
6	Nature Materials	113
7	Small	110
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	108
9	Nature Photonics	103
10	Nano Letters	90
11	Electronics	87
12	Nanomaterials	86
13	Materials	84
14	Nano Research	83
15	Applied Surface Science	82
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	74
17	Laser & Photonics Reviews	65
18	Micromachines	63
19	Optics and Laser Technology	62
20	Nature Reviews Physics	61
21	PRX Quantum	60
22	Nanoscale	59
23	Coatings	58
24	Applied Physics Letters	55
-	Diamond and Related Materials	55
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	55
27	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	54
28	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
30	ACS Photonics	51
-	Applied Physics Reviews	51
32	Physical Review Applied	49
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	49
34	Vacuum	45
35	npj Quantum Information	44
-	Journal of Applied Physics	44
-	Materials Today Physics	44
38	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
39	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	41
41	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	40
42	Nano Convergence	39
43	International Journal of Modern Physics B	38
-	Materials Letters	38
45	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	36
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	36
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	36
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	36
49	Journal of Materiomics	35
-	APL Materials	35

51	Modern Physics Letters B	34
-	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	34
53	APL Photonics	33
54	AIP Advances	32
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	32
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	32
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	32
58	Nanotechnology	31
59	npj Quantum Materials	30
60	Superconductor Science & Technology	29
61	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
-	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	28
63	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	27
-	MRS Bulletin	27
65	Microelectronics Reliability	25
66	Review of Scientific Instruments	24
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	24
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	24
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	24
71	International Journal of Thermophysics	23
-	Current Applied Physics	23
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	23
-	Applied Physics Express	23
-	Organic Electronics	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	23
77	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	22
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	22
-	Thin Solid Films	22
82	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	21
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	21
84	Journal of Computational Electronics	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
87	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	19
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	19
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	19
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	19
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	19
-	Cryogenics	19
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	19
94	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	18
96	Journal of Laser Applications	17
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	17
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	17
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	17
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	17
101	Metrologia	16
-	European Physical Journal E	16
-	Granular Matter	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	16
105	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	15
-	Solid-State Electronics	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	15
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	15
109	Laser Physics Letters	14
110	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	13
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	13
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	13
-	Nano Futures	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
116	Nano	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	12
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	12
120	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	11
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	11
-	Laser Physics	11
-	Low Temperature Physics	11
-	Science of Advanced Materials	11
125	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	10
127	Integrated Ferroelectrics	9
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	9
129	Journal of Nano Research	8
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	8
-	High Temperature	8
133	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	7
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	7
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	7
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	7
-	Technical Physics Letters	7
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	7
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	7
-	Spin	7
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	7
142	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	6
-	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Laser and Particle Beams	6
-	Technical Physics	6
147	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
148	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3