New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics, Applied

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51595
2 Materials27206
3 Electronics19983
4 Advanced Functional Materials19922
5 Small17012
6 IEEE Sensors Journal14790
7 Advanced Materials14281
8 Applied Surface Science12639
9 Nanomaterials10415
10 Applied Physics Letters10363
11 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9162
12 Nano Letters7820
13 Materials Letters7786
14 Nanoscale7361
15 Micromachines7248
16 Journal of Applied Physics7197
17 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7134
18 Coatings7112
19 Surfaces and Interfaces7093
20 AIP Advances6607
21 Optics and Laser Technology6567
22 Advanced Energy Materials5235
23 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4851
24 Diamond and Related Materials4450
25 Surface & Coatings Technology4439
26 Nano Research4415
27 Nano Energy4399
28 Physical Review Applied4093
29 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4035
30 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3895
31 Vacuum3878
32 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3687
33 Review of Scientific Instruments3605
34 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3541
35 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3497
36 Laser & Photonics Reviews3464
37 Journal of Electronic Materials3197
38 Nanotechnology2703
39 ACS Photonics2515
40 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2371
41 Infrared Physics & Technology2280
42 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2210
43 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2079
44 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation2071
45 Advanced Electronic Materials1966
46 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science1881
47 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology1669
48 Modern Physics Letters B1569
49 IEEE Photonics Journal1562
50 International Journal of Modern Physics B1535
51 Materials Today Physics1355
52 Nano-Micro Letters1346
53 Thin Solid Films1344
54 Nature Materials1340
55 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A1320
56 Journal of Crystal Growth1317
57 Microelectronics Reliability1267
58 APL Materials1155
59 Superconductor Science & Technology1064
60 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters1003
61 PRX Quantum978
62 APL Photonics976
63 Applied Physics Express908
64 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism906
65 Nature Photonics905
66 Current Applied Physics852
67 Solid-State Electronics805
68 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics780
69 Applied Physics Reviews777
70 MRS Bulletin757
71 Technical Physics750
72 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems743
73 International Journal of Thermophysics742
74 Low Temperature Physics733
75 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B723
76 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics719
77 Cryogenics701
78 Nano687
79 npj Quantum Information681
80 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics668
81 Journal of Computational Electronics664
82 Plasma Processes and Polymers659
83 Organic Electronics651
84 Journal of Laser Applications647
85 Laser Physics Letters646
86 Journal of Materiomics635
87 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology617
- Journal of Low Temperature Physics617
89 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics597
90 Metrologia587
91 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering573
92 Laser Physics538
93 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering535
94 Progress in Photovoltaics534
95 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology533
96 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications525
97 Integrated Ferroelectrics518
98 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability512
- Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems512
100 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications505
101 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics479
102 Nature Reviews Physics474
103 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay463
104 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics460
105 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing458
106 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics445
107 Science of Advanced Materials435
108 npj Quantum Materials430
109 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications414
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports414
111 Granular Matter413
112 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing412
113 Philosophical Magazine401
114 npj 2D Materials and Applications396
115 Microelectronic Engineering385
116 European Physical Journal E379
117 High Temperature374
118 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India373
119 Fluctuation and Noise Letters365
120 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology339
121 Technical Physics Letters330
- Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A330
- Journal of Magnetics330
124 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology314
125 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics291
126 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves289
127 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science270
128 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials248
129 Nano Convergence239
130 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology193
131 Journal of Nano Research192
132 Spin180
133 Atomization and Sprays173
134 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science149
- Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering149
136 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics138
137 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering131
138 IEEE Magnetics Letters124
139 Nano Futures99
140 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER95
141 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal89
142 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience82
- Journal of Photonics for Energy82
144 Progress in Quantum Electronics81
145 Philosophical Magazine Letters62
146 Laser and Particle Beams54
147 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering46
148 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology41
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