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	Electronics	83
-	Materials	83
-	Nano Research	83
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	74
17	Nature Reviews Physics	65
18	Laser & Photonics Reviews	62
-	Nanoscale	62
-	Optics and Laser Technology	62
21	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	61
22	Micromachines	60
-	PRX Quantum	60
24	ACS Photonics	55
-	Applied Physics Reviews	55
26	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	53
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	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	Vacuum	44
-	Journal of Applied Physics	44
36	Materials Letters	43
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
38	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	41
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	41
-	npj Quantum Information	41
42	Surfaces and Interfaces	38
43	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
45	Journal of Materiomics	36
-	APL Materials	36
47	Nanotechnology	35
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	35
-	Nano Convergence	35
50	npj 2D Materials and Applications	34

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