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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	93
2	Light-Science & Applications	90
3	Advanced Optical Materials	68
4	Laser & Photonics Reviews	62
-	Optics and Laser Technology	62
6	Optics Express	58
7	ACS Photonics	55
8	Optik	53
-	Optical and Quantum Electronics	53
10	Optical Materials	52
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	52
12	Optica	50
13	Photonics Research	48
14	Optics Letters	45
15	Opto-Electronic Advances	44
16	Journal of Luminescence	38
17	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	36
-	Advanced Photonics	36
19	Optics Communications	35
20	Optical Materials Express	33
-	Photonics	33
22	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	32
-	APL Photonics	32
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	32
25	Biomedical Optics Express	30
-	Image and Vision Computing	30
27	Advances in Optics and Photonics	29
-	Advanced Quantum Technologies	29
29	Displays	28
30	Optical Fiber Technology	27
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	27
32	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	26
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	26
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	26
36	Applied Optics	25
37	Journal of Optics	24
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	24
39	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
40	Journal of Biomedical Optics	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
-	Nanophotonics	22
43	Neurophotonics	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
46	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	19
-	Chinese Optics Letters	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	19
49	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	18
-	Journal of Biophotonics	18

51	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	17
-	Optical Engineering	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
54	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	16
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	16
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	16
58	European Physical Journal D	15
-	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
61	Laser Physics Letters	14
-	Optical Switching and Networking	14
-	Photonic Sensors	14
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	14
66	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	13
67	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12
-	Color Research and Application	12
-	Laser Physics	12
70	Photonic Network Communications	11
-	Lighting Research & Technology	11
72	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
73	Optical Review	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	9
-	Leukos	9
-	Journal of Modern Optics	9
78	Journal of Russian Laser Research	8
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	8
80	Fiber and Integrated Optics	7
-	International Journal of Optics	7
82	Optics and Spectroscopy	6
-	Journal of Optical Technology	6
84	Light & Engineering	5
85	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2