New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Optics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Advances in Optics and Photonics44.615
2 Nature Photonics35.959
3 Opto-Electronic Advances29.080
4 Light-Science & Applications27.175
5 Advanced Photonics16.342
6 Optica15.347
7 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.443
8 Photonics Research11.203
9 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.306
10 Advanced Optical Materials10.130
11 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics10.053
12 Optical and Quantum Electronics9.892
13 ACS Photonics9.617
14 Optics and Laser Technology9.080
15 Nanophotonics8.462
16 International Journal of Photoenergy8.385
17 Optik8.143
18 Optical Materials7.833
19 APL Photonics7.378
20 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking7.300
21 Journal of Luminescence7.177
22 Displays7.076
23 Optics and Lasers in Engineering6.892
24 Journal of Lightwave Technology6.872
25 Image and Vision Computing6.598
26 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics6.496
27 Infrared Physics & Technology6.371
28 High Power Laser Science and Engineering6.312
29 Photonic Sensors6.262
30 Optical Switching and Networking6.181
31 Biomedical Optics Express6.134
32 Optical Materials Express6.102
33 Microelectronic Engineering6.099
34 Optics Express5.937
35 Neurophotonics5.768
36 Optics Letters5.559
37 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer5.240
38 Optical Fiber Technology5.055
39 Journal of Biomedical Optics4.820
40 IEEE Photonics Journal4.819
41 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology4.639
42 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.587
43 Optics Communications4.480
44 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves4.320
45 Photonic Network Communications4.293
46 Advanced Quantum Technologies4.199
47 Journal of Optics4.158
48 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology4.154
49 Chinese Optics Letters3.805
50 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.783
51 Leukos3.745
52 Photonics3.563
53 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics3.515
54 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials3.502
55 Journal of Photonics for Energy3.484
56 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences3.417
57 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.239
58 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications3.206
59 International Journal of Optics3.198
60 Journal of Laser Applications3.134
61 Journal of Biophotonics3.133
62 Applied Optics3.078
63 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics3.030
64 European Physical Journal D2.887
65 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision2.830
66 Lighting Research & Technology2.730
67 Laser Physics Letters2.711
68 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems2.664
69 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.574
70 Color Research and Application2.464
71 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay2.262
72 Laser Physics2.103
73 Optical Engineering1.991
74 Fiber and Integrated Optics1.959
75 Journal of Nanophotonics1.859
76 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1.842
77 Journal of Electronic Imaging1.774
78 Journal of Modern Optics1.630
79 Optical Review1.619
80 Journal of Russian Laser Research1.591
81 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.555
82 Journal of Optical Technology0.813
83 Optics and Spectroscopy0.682
84 Light & Engineering0.547
85 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.424
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