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	Surface & Coatings Technology	55
-	Applied Physics Letters	55
-	Diamond and Related Materials	55
27	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	54
28	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
30	ACS Photonics	51
-	Applied Physics Reviews	51
32	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	49
-	Physical Review Applied	49
34	Vacuum	45
35	Journal of Applied Physics	44
-	Materials Today Physics	44
-	npj Quantum Information	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	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	36
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	36
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	36
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	36
49	APL Materials	35
-	Journal of Materiomics	35

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