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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	103
2	Light-Science & Applications	91
3	Laser & Photonics Reviews	65
-	Advanced Optical Materials	65
5	Optics and Laser Technology	63
6	Optics Express	55
7	Journal of Lightwave Technology	53
8	Optical and Quantum Electronics	52
-	Optica	52
-	Optical Materials	52
11	ACS Photonics	51
12	Optik	48
13	Photonics Research	47
14	Opto-Electronic Advances	45
15	Optics Letters	42
16	Advanced Photonics	40
-	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	40
18	Journal of Luminescence	37
19	Infrared Physics & Technology	36
20	Optics Communications	35
-	Image and Vision Computing	35
22	Photonics	34
23	APL Photonics	33
24	Biomedical Optics Express	30
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	30
-	Displays	30
27	Optical Materials Express	29
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	29
29	Advances in Optics and Photonics	28
-	Advanced Quantum Technologies	28
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
32	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	27
33	Optical Fiber Technology	25
-	Applied Optics	25
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	25
36	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	24
37	Journal of Biomedical Optics	23
38	Progress in Quantum Electronics	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
40	Neurophotonics	21
-	Journal of Optics	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	21
43	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	20
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	20
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	20
46	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	19
47	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	18
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	18
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	18
-	Journal of Biophotonics	18

51	Optical Engineering	17
-	Chinese Optics Letters	17
53	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	16
-	Photonic Sensors	16
-	European Physical Journal D	16
-	Journal of Laser Applications	16
57	Laser Physics Letters	15
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	15
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	15
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	15
61	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	14
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
-	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	14
64	Optical Switching and Networking	13
65	Color Research and Application	12
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	12
-	Lighting Research & Technology	12
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	12
69	Laser Physics	11
70	Leukos	10
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
72	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	9
-	Photonic Network Communications	9
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	9
75	Journal of Nanophotonics	8
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	8
-	Optical Review	8
-	Journal of Modern Optics	8
79	Journal of Optical Technology	7
80	Fiber and Integrated Optics	6
-	International Journal of Optics	6
82	Light & Engineering	5
-	Optics and Spectroscopy	5
84	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3