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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	100
2	Light-Science & Applications	91
3	Advanced Optical Materials	67
4	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
5	Optics and Laser Technology	63
6	ACS Photonics	56
7	Optics Express	55
8	Optical and Quantum Electronics	54
9	Journal of Lightwave Technology	53
-	Optical Materials	53
11	Optica	52
12	Optik	50
13	Opto-Electronic Advances	49
-	Photonics Research	49
15	Optics Letters	46
16	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	40
17	Advanced Photonics	39
18	Journal of Luminescence	38
19	Optics Communications	35
20	Photonics	34
21	APL Photonics	33
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	33
-	Image and Vision Computing	33
24	Optical Materials Express	32
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	32
26	Biomedical Optics Express	30
27	Advanced Quantum Technologies	29
-	Advances in Optics and Photonics	29
29	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
30	Displays	27
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	27
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	27
33	Optical Fiber Technology	26
34	Applied Optics	25
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	25
36	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	24
-	Nanophotonics	24
38	Microelectronic Engineering	23
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
40	Journal of Biomedical Optics	22
-	Journal of Optics	22
42	Neurophotonics	21
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
-	Chinese Optics Letters	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	21
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	21
-	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	21
48	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
49	Journal of Biophotonics	19
50	Optical Engineering	18

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