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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Advances in Optics and Photonics48.500
2 Nature Photonics31.467
3 Light-Science & Applications25.845
4 Opto-Electronic Advances22.656
5 Advanced Photonics16.887
6 Optica15.645
7 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.723
8 Photonics Research11.887
9 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics9.785
10 Advanced Optical Materials9.584
11 ACS Photonics9.518
12 Laser & Photonics Reviews9.411
13 Optics and Laser Technology8.229
14 Optical and Quantum Electronics7.657
15 APL Photonics7.501
16 Optik7.395
17 International Journal of Photoenergy7.393
18 Journal of Luminescence6.789
19 Optical Materials6.724
20 Nanophotonics6.710
21 Journal of Lightwave Technology6.637
22 Photonic Sensors5.881
23 Biomedical Optics Express5.742
24 Optical Materials Express5.730
25 Optics Express5.704
26 Optics and Lasers in Engineering5.699
27 Displays5.670
28 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics5.668
29 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking5.635
30 Optics Letters5.346
31 Infrared Physics & Technology5.256
32 Image and Vision Computing5.247
33 Optical Switching and Networking4.888
34 Neurophotonics4.870
35 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer4.757
36 Microelectronic Engineering4.651
37 High Power Laser Science and Engineering4.609
38 Optical Fiber Technology4.352
39 Journal of Biomedical Optics4.328
40 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology4.226
41 IEEE Photonics Journal4.200
42 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves3.977
43 Journal of Optics3.902
44 Optics Communications3.874
45 Advanced Quantum Technologies3.850
46 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications3.813
47 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology3.638
48 Photonic Network Communications3.561
49 International Journal of Optics3.547
50 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics3.434
51 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.271
52 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences3.188
53 Photonics3.137
54 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.109
55 Applied Optics3.035
56 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications3.026
57 Chinese Optics Letters3.004
58 European Physical Journal D2.880
59 Lighting Research & Technology2.848
60 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials2.844
61 Laser Physics Letters2.751
62 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics2.741
63 Journal of Laser Applications2.689
64 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.600
65 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems2.593
66 Leukos2.544
67 Journal of Photonics for Energy2.505
68 Journal of Biophotonics2.487
69 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision2.369
70 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay2.313
71 Journal of Modern Optics2.116
72 Laser Physics2.025
73 Optical Review1.977
74 Color Research and Application1.958
75 Fiber and Integrated Optics1.754
76 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1.738
77 Optical Engineering1.726
78 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.553
79 Journal of Nanophotonics1.552
80 Journal of Electronic Imaging1.405
81 Journal of Russian Laser Research1.335
82 Journal of Optical Technology0.619
83 Optics and Spectroscopy0.613
84 Light & Engineering0.510
85 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.402
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