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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	94
2	Light-Science & Applications	90
3	Advanced Optical Materials	68
4	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
5	Optics and Laser Technology	63
6	Optics Express	57
7	ACS Photonics	55
8	Optical Materials	53
-	Optical and Quantum Electronics	53
10	Optik	52
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	52
12	Optica	51
13	Photonics Research	48
14	Optics Letters	46
15	Opto-Electronic Advances	45
16	Journal of Luminescence	38
17	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	37
18	Advanced Photonics	36
19	Photonics	34
-	Optics Communications	34
21	Infrared Physics & Technology	33
-	Optical Materials Express	33
23	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	32
-	APL Photonics	32
25	Image and Vision Computing	31
26	Biomedical Optics Express	30
27	Advances in Optics and Photonics	28
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	28
-	Advanced Quantum Technologies	28
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
31	Displays	27
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
-	Optical Fiber Technology	27
34	Applied Optics	26
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	26
37	Journal of Optics	24
38	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
39	Journal of Biomedical Optics	22
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	22
-	Nanophotonics	22
42	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
-	Microelectronic Engineering	21
-	Neurophotonics	21
45	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	20
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	Chinese Optics Letters	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
49	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	18
-	Optical Engineering	18

-	Journal of Biophotonics	18
52	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	17
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	17
55	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	16
-	European Physical Journal D	16
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	16
59	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
61	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	14
-	Laser Physics Letters	14
-	Photonic Sensors	14
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
65	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	13
66	Color Research and Application	12
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	12
-	Optical Switching and Networking	12
69	Photonic Network Communications	11
-	Laser Physics	11
-	Lighting Research & Technology	11
72	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
75	Optical Review	9
-	Journal of Modern Optics	9
-	Leukos	9
78	Journal of Russian Laser Research	8
79	Journal of Nanophotonics	7
-	Fiber and Integrated Optics	7
-	International Journal of Optics	7
-	Journal of Optical Technology	7
83	Optics and Spectroscopy	6
84	Light & Engineering	5
85	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3