Optics: 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	85
2	Light-Science & Applications	80
3	Advanced Optical Materials	70
4	Laser & Photonics Reviews	60
5	Optics and Laser Technology	59
6	Optics Express	58
7	Optik	54
8	ACS Photonics	53
9	Optica	51
10	Photonics Research	50
-	Optical Materials	50
12	Journal of Lightwave Technology	47
-	Optics Letters	47
14	Optical and Quantum Electronics	44
15	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	41
16	Opto-Electronic Advances	38
17	Journal of Luminescence	37
18	Advanced Photonics	36
19	Nanophotonics	34
-	Optics Communications	34
21	APL Photonics	33
22	Optical Materials Express	32
23	Applied Optics	30
-	Biomedical Optics Express	30
25	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	28
-	Image and Vision Computing	28
27	Advanced Quantum Technologies	27
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	27
-	Photonics	27
31	Advances in Optics and Photonics	26
32	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	25
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	25
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	25
35	Optical Fiber Technology	24
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	24
-	Journal of Optics	24
38	Chinese Optics Letters	23
-	Displays	23
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	23
41	Journal of Biomedical Optics	22
42	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
44	Journal of Biophotonics	19
-	Neurophotonics	19
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	19
47	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	18
48	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	17
-	Microelectronic Engineering	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17

-	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	17
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	17
53	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Optical Engineering	16
-	Photonic Sensors	16
56	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Laser Physics	15
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	15
-	Laser Physics Letters	15
60	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	14
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	14
62	Lighting Research & Technology	13
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	13
64	Journal of Modern Optics	12
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	12
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12
67	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	11
-	Optical Switching and Networking	11
-	Color Research and Application	11
-	Optical Review	11
72	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	10
74	Journal of Russian Laser Research	9
75	International Journal of Optics	8
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	8
-	Optics and Spectroscopy	8
78	Leukos	7
79	Journal of Optical Technology	6
-	Fiber and Integrated Optics	6
81	Light & Engineering	5
82	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3