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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Optics and Laser Technology	61
2	Optik	52
3	Optical Materials	51
4	Journal of Lightwave Technology	49
5	Optical and Quantum Electronics	47
6	Optics Letters	45
7	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	38
8	Journal of Luminescence	36
9	Optics Communications	32
10	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	27
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
-	Image and Vision Computing	27
13	Displays	26
14	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	23
15	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	Microelectronic Engineering	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
18	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	18
19	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Optical Engineering	16
21	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	14
23	Color Research and Application	11
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
25	Journal of Modern Optics	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
27	Optics and Spectroscopy	6
28	Fiber and Integrated Optics	5