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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	204
2	Advanced Functional Materials	154
3	Advanced Energy Materials	138
4	Nano Energy	123
5	Nano-Micro Letters	119
6	Small	112
7	Nature Materials	110
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	100
9	Nature Photonics	93
10	Nano Letters	92
11	Nanomaterials	86
12	Applied Surface Science	84
13	Materials	83
-	Nano Research	83
-	Electronics	83
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	74
17	Nature Reviews Physics	65
18	Optics and Laser Technology	62
-	Laser & Photonics Reviews	62
-	Nanoscale	62
21	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	61
22	Micromachines	60
-	PRX Quantum	60
24	ACS Photonics	55
-	Applied Physics Reviews	55
26	Surface & Coatings Technology	53
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	53
28	Applied Physics Letters	51
29	Coatings	50
-	Diamond and Related Materials	50
31	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	49
32	Materials Today Physics	48
33	Physical Review Applied	45
34	Journal of Applied Physics	44
-	Vacuum	44
36	Materials Letters	43
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
38	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	41
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	41
-	npj Quantum Information	41
-	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
42	Surfaces and Interfaces	38
43	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
45	APL Materials	36
-	Journal of Materiomics	36
47	Nano Convergence	35
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	35
-	Nanotechnology	35
50	npj 2D Materials and Applications	34

51	Infrared Physics & Technology	32
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	32
-	Modern Physics Letters B	32
-	APL Photonics	32
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	32
56	Journal of Electronic Materials	31
-	Superconductor Science & Technology	31
58	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	30
-	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	30
-	npj Quantum Materials	30
61	MRS Bulletin	29
62	AIP Advances	28
63	IEEE Photonics Journal	27
64	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	26
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
66	Applied Physics Express	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	25
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	25
69	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	24
-	Organic Electronics	24
-	Current Applied Physics	24
72	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	23
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	23
74	Microelectronic Engineering	22
-	Microelectronics Reliability	22
-	Nanophotonics	22
77	Journal of Crystal Growth	21
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	21
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	21
80	Thin Solid Films	20
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	20
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	20
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	20
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	20
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
87	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	19
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	19
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	19
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	19
92	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	18
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	18
-	European Physical Journal E	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
96	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	Granular Matter	17
-	Solid-State Electronics	17
100	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	16
-	Cryogenics	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	16
103	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	15
107	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	14
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
-	Laser Physics Letters	14
-	Metrologia	14
111	Philosophical Magazine	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	13
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	13
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
117	Laser Physics	12
-	Nano Futures	12
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	12
121	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	11
-	Nano	11
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	11
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	11
125	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
126	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	9
-	Quantum Electronics	9
-	Science of Advanced Materials	9
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
131	Low Temperature Physics	8
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	8
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	8
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	8
-	Technical Physics Letters	8
136	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	7
-	Laser and Particle Beams	7
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	7
-	High Temperature	7
-	Spin	7
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	7
-	Journal of Nano Research	7
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	7
144	Technical Physics	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	6
-	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	6
149	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
150	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2