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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Advances in Optics and Photonics42.623
2 Nature Photonics34.591
3 Opto-Electronic Advances27.370
4 Light-Science & Applications27.241
5 Advanced Photonics15.743
6 Optica15.539
7 Progress in Quantum Electronics12.529
8 Photonics Research11.106
9 Advanced Optical Materials10.215
10 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.044
11 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics10.023
12 ACS Photonics9.508
13 Optical and Quantum Electronics9.241
14 Optics and Laser Technology9.031
15 Optik8.271
16 Nanophotonics8.268
17 International Journal of Photoenergy8.247
18 Optical Materials7.731
19 Journal of Luminescence7.474
20 APL Photonics7.278
21 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking7.022
22 Journal of Lightwave Technology6.952
23 Displays6.844
24 Optics and Lasers in Engineering6.661
25 Optical Switching and Networking6.596
26 Image and Vision Computing6.399
27 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics6.265
28 Biomedical Optics Express6.074
29 Infrared Physics & Technology6.051
30 Optical Materials Express6.003
31 Photonic Sensors5.911
32 Optics Express5.877
33 High Power Laser Science and Engineering5.811
34 Microelectronic Engineering5.683
35 Neurophotonics5.567
36 Optics Letters5.473
37 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer5.434
38 Optical Fiber Technology5.120
39 Journal of Biomedical Optics5.098
40 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology4.642
41 IEEE Photonics Journal4.570
42 Optics Communications4.425
43 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.373
44 Photonic Network Communications4.353
45 Journal of Optics4.140
46 Advanced Quantum Technologies4.139
47 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology4.083
48 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves4.072
49 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics3.649
50 Chinese Optics Letters3.597
51 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.572
52 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences3.538
53 Leukos3.434
54 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials3.376
55 Photonics3.337
56 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.330
57 Journal of Photonics for Energy3.223
58 Journal of Laser Applications3.167
59 Applied Optics3.086
60 Journal of Biophotonics3.038
61 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics2.981
62 International Journal of Optics2.957
63 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications2.877
64 European Physical Journal D2.777
65 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision2.720
66 Laser Physics Letters2.655
67 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.535
68 Lighting Research & Technology2.508
69 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems2.487
70 Color Research and Application2.416
71 Laser Physics2.081
72 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay1.952
73 Optical Engineering1.904
74 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1.852
75 Journal of Nanophotonics1.795
76 Fiber and Integrated Optics1.779
77 Journal of Modern Optics1.678
78 Journal of Electronic Imaging1.657
79 Optical Review1.653
80 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.632
81 Journal of Russian Laser Research1.488
82 Journal of Optical Technology0.759
83 Optics and Spectroscopy0.672
84 Light & Engineering0.554
85 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.392
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