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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Light-Science & Applications	89
2	Nature Photonics	86
3	Advanced Optical Materials	68
4	Optics and Laser Technology	61
5	Laser & Photonics Reviews	60
6	Optics Express	56
7	ACS Photonics	54
8	Optik	52
9	Optical Materials	51
-	Photonics Research	51
11	Optica	49
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	49
13	Optical and Quantum Electronics	47
14	Optics Letters	45
15	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	38
16	Journal of Luminescence	36
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	36
18	Advanced Photonics	34
-	Optical Materials Express	34
20	APL Photonics	33
21	Optics Communications	32
22	Infrared Physics & Technology	31
23	Biomedical Optics Express	30
-	Photonics	30
25	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	29
26	Advanced Quantum Technologies	28
27	Advances in Optics and Photonics	27
-	Image and Vision Computing	27
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	27
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
31	Optical Fiber Technology	26
-	Displays	26
33	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	25
-	Applied Optics	25
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	25
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	25
37	Journal of Optics	24
38	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	23
40	Journal of Biomedical Optics	22
41	Nanophotonics	21
42	Microelectronic Engineering	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
45	Neurophotonics	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	19
47	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	18
-	European Physical Journal D	18
49	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	Chinese Optics Letters	17

-	Journal of Biophotonics	17
52	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	16
-	Optical Engineering	16
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	16
-	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	16
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	16
58	Laser Physics Letters	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
60	Journal of Electronic Imaging	14
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
-	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	14
63	Laser Physics	13
64	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	12
-	Lighting Research & Technology	12
-	Photonic Sensors	12
67	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	11
-	Color Research and Application	11
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	11
-	Optical Switching and Networking	11
72	Photonic Network Communications	10
-	Journal of Modern Optics	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
75	Optical Review	9
76	Journal of Russian Laser Research	8
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	8
-	International Journal of Optics	8
79	Journal of Nanophotonics	7
-	Leukos	7
81	Optics and Spectroscopy	6
-	Journal of Optical Technology	6
83	Light & Engineering	5
-	Fiber and Integrated Optics	5
85	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2